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 желу́дка ― jázva želúdka ― stomach/gastric ulcer
    я́зва двенадцатиперстной кишки́ ― jázva dvenadcatiperstnoj kiškí ― duodenal ulcer
    моровая я́зва ― morovaja jázva ― plague
    сиби́рская я́зва ― sibírskaja jázva ― anthrax
  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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