язва

See also: язвя and ꙗзва

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jazva.

Noun

я́зва • (jázva) f (relational adjective я́звен)

  1. (colloquial) sore, any inner injury
  2. (medicine) ulcer
  3. (figurative) evil, wrong
    Synonyms: злина (zlina), нещастие (neštastie)

Declension

  • язвя (jazvja, to sting; to offend, insult)
  • язвителен (jazvitelen, ulcerative)
  • язвен (jazven, ulcerous)

References

  • язва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗзва (jazva), from Proto-Slavic *jazva. Cognate to Old Prussian eyswo (wound), Lithuanian áiža (crack, rift), Latvian aĩza (chasm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjazvə]
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Noun

я́зва • (jázva) f inan (genitive я́звы, nominative plural я́звы, genitive plural язв)

  1. ulcer, sore
    я́зва желу́дкаjázva želúdkastomach/gastric ulcer
    я́зва двенадцатиперстной кишки́jázva dvenadcatiperstnoj kiškíduodenal ulcer
    моровая я́зваmorovaja jázvaplague
    сиби́рская я́зваsibírskaja jázvaanthrax
  2. sore, evil
  3. (colloquial) pest, viper (malicious person)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: յազվա (yazva)

Further reading

  • язва in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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