мечъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic мечь (mečĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mečь.

Noun

мечъ • (mečm inan

  1. sword (usually with a straight blade)

Declension

Declension of мечъ (meč) (hard o-stem)
singular plural
nominative мечъ (meč) мечи (meči)
genitive меча (meča) мечовъ (mečov)
dative мечу, мечовѣ (meču, mečově) мечамъ (mečam)
accusative меча (meča) мечы, мечовъ (mečy, mečov)
instrumental мечомъ (mečom) мечами (mečami)
locative мечѣ, мечовѣ (mečě, mečově) мечахъ (mečax)
vocative мече (meče) мечи (meči)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: меч (mječ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: меч (meč)
  • Ukrainian: меч (meč)

References

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “мечъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 587
  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “мечъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 139
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мечъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 22

Russian

Noun

мечъ • (mečm inan (genitive ме́ча, relational adjective ме́чный)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of меч (meč).

Declension