сѣкꙑра

Old Church Slavonic

сѣкꙑра

Alternative forms

• секꙑра (sekyra)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sekyra.

Noun

сѣкꙑра • (sěkyra) f

1. axe
   • from Vita Constantini, 1202200-1202220:

     свѣще же бѣли приѥмꙿше ѡть философа и поюще идоше къ дрѣвоу. и възьмь секироу л и трикрать оударивь и повелѣ въсѣмь сѣщи и искоренити и и съжещи.

     svěšte že běli prijemꙿše otĭ filosofa i pojušte idoše kŭ drěvu. i vŭzĭmĭ sekiru l i trikratĭ udarivĭ i povelě vŭsěmĭ sěšti i iskoreniti i i sŭžešti.

     Upon receiving white candles from the Philosopher, they walked toward the tree, chanting. And seizing an axe, he struck the tree thirty-three times. Then he commanded all to chop and uproot it, and burn it.

Declension

Declension of сѣкꙑра (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	сѣкꙑра sěkyra	сѣкꙑрѣ sěkyrě	сѣкꙑрꙑ sěkyry
genitive	сѣкꙑрꙑ sěkyry	сѣкꙑроу sěkyru	сѣкꙑръ sěkyrŭ
dative	сѣкꙑрѣ sěkyrě	сѣкꙑрама sěkyrama	сѣкꙑрамъ sěkyramŭ
accusative	сѣкꙑрѫ sěkyrǫ	сѣкꙑрѣ sěkyrě	сѣкꙑрꙑ sěkyry
instrumental	сѣкꙑроѭ sěkyrojǫ	сѣкꙑрама sěkyrama	сѣкꙑрами sěkyrami
locative	сѣкꙑрѣ sěkyrě	сѣкꙑроу sěkyru	сѣкꙑрахъ sěkyraxŭ
vocative	сѣкꙑро sěkyro	сѣкꙑрѣ sěkyrě	сѣкꙑрꙑ sěkyry

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София