ерѧбица

Old Church Slavonic
ерѧбица

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)erębica.

Noun

ерѧбица • (erębica) f

  1. partridge
    • from the Physiologus:
      Ерѧбица многа яица полагаеть на гнѣꙁдѣ своемъ и чѧдомъ своимъ любива. та идетъ и чюжⷣе гнѣꙁдо и ꙋкрадетъ яица ихъ.
      Erębica mnoga jaica polagaetĭ na gnězdě svoemŭ i čędomŭ svoimŭ ljubiva. ta idetŭ i čjužⷣe gnězdo i ukradetŭ jaica ixŭ.
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