jьgrь

jьgra; jьgrь Grammatical information: f. ā; m. o Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `play, game'

Page in Trubačev: VIII 208-210

Old Church Slavic:

igrь (Euch., Supr.) `entertainment, joke' [f i]

Church Slavic:

igra `entertainment, dance, play' [f ā]

Russian:

igrá `play(ing), game' [f ā]

Ukrainian:

hra `play(ing), game' [f ā]

Czech:

hra `play, game, entertainment, amusement' [f ā]

Old Czech:

jhra `play, amusement' [f ā]

Slovak:

hra `play, game, entertainment, amusement' [f ā];

ihra (arch.) `play, entertainment' [f ā]

Polish:

gra `play(ing), game' [f ā]

Old Polish:

igra `play(ing), game' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

ìgra `play(ing), dance' [f ā], ȉgru [Accs];

Čak. igrȁ (Vrgada) `play(ing), dance' [f ā], igrȕ [Accs];

Čak. ȉgra (Orbanići) `game, play' [f ā], ȉgro [Accs]

Slovene:

ígra `play' [f ā];

igrà `play' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

igrá `play(ing), game' [f ā]

Page in Pokorny: 13

Comments: Etymology unclear. The connection with Skt. éjati `move, stir' < *h₂eig- is semantically unconvincing and formally unattractive because it is conflict with Winter's law.