Old East Slavic

Noun

печера ‎(pečera) f

1. cave

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Belarusian: пячо́ра ‎(pjačóra)
• Russian: печо́ра ‎(pečóra)
• Ukrainian: пече́ра ‎(pečéra)

References

• Sreznevskij, I. I. (1902), “печера”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 927

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic печера ‎(pečera, “cave”), from Proto-Slavic *peťera, from *peťь ‎(“oven”) + *-era, from *peťi ‎(“to bake”) + *-tь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈt͡ʃɛrɑ/

Noun

пече́ра • ‎(pečéra) f inan ‎(genitive пече́ри, nominative plural пече́ри)

1. cave, cavern

Declension

References

• Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “печера”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka