волкъ

Church Slavonic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Russian во́лкъ (vólk), from Old East Slavic вълкъ (vŭlkŭ).

Noun

во́лкъ (vólkŭ) m[1]

  1. (Russian Church Slavonic) wolf
    • Elizabeth Bible, Luke 10.3:
      И҆ди́те: сѐ а҆́зъ посыла́ю вы̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ а҆́гнцы посредѣ̀ волкѡ́въ.
      Idíte: sè ázŭ posyláju vỳ jáko ágncy posredě̀ volkóvŭ.
      Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

References

  1. ^ BSCJaNV, “во́лкъ”

Old Ruthenian

Noun

волкъ • (volk) m animal (feminine волчица, related adjective волчїй)

  1. archaic form of вовкъ (vovk)

Russian

Noun

волкъ • (volk) m anim (genitive во́лка, nominative plural во́лки, genitive plural волко́въ, female equivalent волчи́ца, relational adjective во́лчій, diminutive волчо́къ, augmentative волчи́ще or волча́ра)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of волк (volk).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of волкъ (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-e) 
singular plural
nominative во́лкъ
vólk 		во́лки
vólki
genitive во́лка
vólka 		волко́въ
volkóv
dative во́лку
vólku 		волка́мъ
volkám
accusative во́лка
vólka 		волко́въ
volkóv
instrumental во́лкомъ
vólkom 		волка́ми
volkámi
prepositional во́лкѣ
vólkě 		волка́хъ
volkáx
vocative во́лче*
vólče*

* Dated or folklore.

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