змии

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzmii]
  • Syllabification: зми‧и
  • Hyphenation: змии

Noun

змии • (zmii)

  1. inflection of змија f (zmija):
    1. indefinite plural
    2. vocative plural

Anagrams

Old Church Slavonic

змии

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zmьjь.

Noun

змии • (zmii) m

  1. snake
  2. dragon

Declension

References

  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Old East Slavic

Дъва змиꙗ.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zmьjь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic змьи (zmĭi) and Old Polish źmij.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzmɪjɪ/, /ˈzmijɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzmʲɪjɪ/, /ˈzmʲijɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzmʲɛj/, /ˈzmʲij/
  • Hyphenation: зми‧и

Noun

змии (zmii) m (related adjective змиинъ)

  1. snake, serpent

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: змей (zmej), змий (zmij)
  • Russian: змей (zmej) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “змии”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 986

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzmʲiɪ]

Noun

зми́и • (zmíi) m anim or m anim pl

  1. inflection of змий (zmij):
    1. prepositional singular
    2. nominative plural
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