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тварь

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tvarь.

Noun

тварь • (tvarĭ) f

  1. creation
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1095-1100:
      како бо хотѧтъ комоу бꙑти мили и тьмами страждѫтъ диꙗвола творьца нарицаѭще чловѣкомъ и вьсеи твари божии?
      kako bo xotętŭ komu byti mili i tĭmami straždǫtŭ dijavola tvorĭca naricajǫšte člověkomŭ i vĭsei tvari božii?
      How could they deserve any compassion, even if a host of them suffer, when they claim the devil as creator of mankind and all the divine creation?

Declension

More information singular, dual ...
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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тварь (tvarĭ, “item, object, creation”), from Proto-Slavic *tvarь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tvarʲ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

тварь • (tvarʹ) f anim (genitive тва́ри, nominative plural тва́ри, genitive plural тва́рей)

  1. creature, being, animal, beast, monster
  2. (derogatory) someone mean, vile, worthless
    • 1893, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “II”, in Рассказ неизвестного человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., An Anonymous Story, 1917:
      Я не ла́дил с По́лей. Э́то была́ хорошо́ упи́танная, избало́ванная тварь, обожа́вшая Орло́ва за то, что он ба́рин, и презира́вшая меня́ за то, что я лаке́й.
      Ja ne ládil s Pólej. Éto bylá xorošó upítannaja, izbalóvannaja tvarʹ, obožávšaja Orlóva za to, što on bárin, i prezirávšaja menjá za to, što ja lakéj.
      I did not get on with Polya. She was a well-fed and pampered hussy who adored Orlov because he was a gentleman and despised me because I was a footman.

Declension

Declension of тварь (anim fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
More information singular, plural ...
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