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гнѣздо

гнѣздо

Old Church Slavonic

Noun

гнѣздо • ‎(gnězdo) n

nest

Russian

Noun

гнѣздо́ • ‎(gnězdó) n inan ‎(genitive гнѣзда́, nominative plural гнѣ̈зда)

(obsolete) Pre-1918 spelling of гнездо́ ‎(gnezdó).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of гнѣздо́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	гнѣздо́ gnězdó	гнѣ̈зда gně̈zda
genitive	гнѣзда́ gnězdá	гнѣ̈здъ gně̈zd
dative	гнѣзду́ gnězdú	гнѣ̈здамъ gně̈zdam
accusative	гнѣздо́ gnězdó	гнѣ̈зда gně̈zda
instrumental	гнѣздо́мъ gnězdóm	гнѣ̈здами gně̈zdami
prepositional	гнѣздѣ́ gnězdě́	гнѣ̈здахъ gně̈zdax

Usage notes

гнѣздо is one of the few words in which a stressed ѣ ‎(jě) is pronounced like the letter ё ‎(jo).