жерло

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жьрло (žĭrlo), from Proto-Slavic *žьrdlo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʐɨrˈɫo]

Noun

жерло́ • (žerló) n inan (genitive жерла́, nominative plural же́рла, genitive plural жерл)

  1. (geology) crater, orifice, vent
  2. narrow and deep aperture
  3. (military) muzzle

Declension
Declension of жерло́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d) 
singular plural
nominative жерло́
žerló		 же́рла
žérla
genitive жерла́
žerlá		 же́рл
žérl
dative жерлу́
žerlú		 же́рлам
žérlam
accusative жерло́
žerló		 же́рла
žérla
instrumental жерло́м
žerlóm		 же́рлами
žérlami
prepositional жерле́
žerlé		 же́рлах
žérlax
Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷerh₃-‎ (0 c, 4 e)

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жерло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жерло”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 300
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