ròjь

ròjь Grammatical information: m. jo Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `swarm'

Russian:

roj `swarm' [m jo], rója [Gens];

rôj `swarm' [m jo] \{1\}

Belorussian:

roj `swarm' [m jo], rojá [Gens]

Ukrainian:

rij `swarm' [m jo], rojá [Gens]

Czech:

roj `swarm' [m jo]

Slovak:

roj `swarm' [m jo];

rôj (dial.) `swarm' [m jo]

Polish:

rój `swarm' [m jo], roju [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

rȏj `swarm' [m jo], rȍja [Gens];

Čak. r^uõj (r^uȏj) (Orbanići) `swarm' [m jo], rojȁ [Gens]

Slovene:

ròj `swarm' [m jo], rója [Gens]

Bulgarian:

roj `swarm' [m jo]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₃roiH-o-

Other cognates:

Lat. rīvus `brook, stream'

;

OIr. ríathor `torrent' [m??]

Notes:

\{1\} According to Zaliznjak (1985: 134), the Old Russian evidence points to AP (b), cf. rojá [Gens] in Deržavin (Illič-Svityč 1963: 52).