ясли

See also: ꙗсли

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗсли (jasli), from Proto-Slavic *jasli, from earlier Proto-Slavic *ědsli-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēd-. Related to Russian есть (jestʹ, “to eat”), Russian еда́ (jedá, “food”), Russian яд (jad), Russian я́ство (jástvo), Russian я́стель (jástelʹ, “eater”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaslʲɪ] ~ [ˈjæsʲlʲɪ]

• Audio; [ˈjaslʲɪ]:

  (file)

Noun

я́сли • (jásli) f inan pl (genitive я́слей, plural only, relational adjective я́сельный, diminutive я́сельки)

1. nursery, crèche

   Coordinate terms: де́тский сад (détskij sad), шко́ла (škóla), ВУЗ (VUZ)

2. crib
3. manger
4. Beehive Cluster, an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer

Declension

Declension of я́сли (inan pl-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	я́сли jásli
genitive	я́слей jáslej
dative	я́слям jásljam
accusative	я́сли jásli
instrumental	я́слями jásljami
prepositional	я́слях jásljax

Derived terms

• я́сельный (jáselʹnyj)
  • я́сельник m anim (jáselʹnik)
• я́сельничий m anim (jáselʹničij)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: jaslit
• → Yakut: дьааһыла (jaahıla)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ясли”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ясли”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 437
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ясли”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “ясли”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 509