nozdr̨a

nozdr̨a; nozdra Grammatical information: f. jā; f. ā Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `nostril'

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Old Church Slavic:

nozdri (Ps. Sin., Supr.) `nostrils' [Nompf jā]

Russian:

nozdrjá `nostril' [f jā]

Czech:

nozdra `nostril' [f ā]

Slovak:

nozdra `nostril' [f ā]

Polish:

nozdrze `nostril' [n o]

Old Polish:

nozdrza `nostril' [f jā];

nozdrze `nostril' [n o]

Serbo-Croatian:

nȍzdra `nostril' [f ā];

Čak. nȍzdrva (Vrgada) `nostril' [f ā]

Slovene:

nǫ̑zdra `nostril' [f ā];

nǫ̑zdrva `nostril' [f ā];

nozdȓv `nostril' [f i], nozdrvȋ [Gens]

Bulgarian:

nózdra `nostril' [f ā]

Lithuanian:

nasraĩ `mouth (of an animal)' [Nompm o] 4;

nastraĩ (dial.) `mouth (of an animal)' [Nompm o] 4

Indo-European reconstruction: nh₂es-r-eh₂ \{1\}

Comments: The alternative solution is that we are dealing with a compound of *nosъ `nose' and *dьrati `tear'.