твердь

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic твьрдь (tvĭrdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdь. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic тврьдь (tvrĭdĭ, “citadel, base, firmament”) and archaic Bulgarian твърд (tvǎrd, “earth, sky, citadel, firmament”). Compare also твёрдый (tvjórdyj, “hard, firm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tvʲertʲ]
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Noun

твердь • (tverdʹ) f inan (genitive тве́рди, nominative plural тве́рди, genitive plural тве́рдей)

  1. (poetic, stilted) dry land, earth
  2. (poetic, stilted) firmament
    небе́сная твердь ― nebésnaja tverdʹ ― firmament

Declension
Declension of твердь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative тве́рдь
tvérdʹ		 тве́рди
tvérdi
genitive тве́рди
tvérdi		 тве́рдей
tvérdej
dative тве́рди
tvérdi		 тве́рдям
tvérdjam
accusative тве́рдь
tvérdʹ		 тве́рди
tvérdi
instrumental тве́рдью
tvérdʹju		 тве́рдями
tvérdjami
prepositional тве́рди
tvérdi		 тве́рдях
tvérdjax
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