змий

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic змии (zmii), from Proto-Slavic *zmь̀jь. Doublet of змей (zmej), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zmʲij]

Noun

змий • (zmij) m anim (genitive зми́я, nominative plural зми́и, genitive plural зми́ев)

  1. (mythology) dragon
  2. (Christianity) serpent
  3. (low colloquial) insidious, cunning, evil man

Declension
Declension of змий (anim masc-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative зми́й
zmíj		 зми́и
zmíi
genitive зми́я
zmíja		 зми́ев
zmíjev
dative зми́ю
zmíju		 зми́ям
zmíjam
accusative зми́я
zmíja		 зми́ев
zmíjev
instrumental зми́ем
zmíjem		 зми́ями
zmíjami
prepositional зми́и
zmíi		 зми́ях
zmíjax
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