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жезл

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жьзлъ (žĭzlŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žezlъ. Doublet of native dialectal жезе́л (žezél).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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жезл (žezlm inan (genitive жезла́, nominative plural жезлы́, genitive plural жезло́в)

  1. staff, rod, wand

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жезл”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress