херувим

Russian
херувим

Etymology

Old East Slavic хероувимъ (xeruvimŭ) (cf. Old Church Slavonic херовимъ (xerovimŭ)), from Ancient Greek χερουβίμ (kheroubím), ultimately from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים‎ (k'ruvím), plural of כְּרוּב‎ (k'rúv).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xʲɪrʊˈvʲim]

Noun

херуви́м • (xeruvím) m anim (genitive херуви́ма, nominative plural херуви́мы, genitive plural херуви́мов)

  1. cherub (winged creature represented in the Bible as attending on God)

Declension
Declension of херуви́м (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative херуви́м
xeruvím		 херуви́мы
xeruvímy
genitive херуви́ма
xeruvíma		 херуви́мов
xeruvímov
dative херуви́му
xeruvímu		 херуви́мам
xeruvímam
accusative херуви́ма
xeruvíma		 херуви́мов
xeruvímov
instrumental херуви́мом
xeruvímom		 херуви́мами
xeruvímami
prepositional херуви́ме
xeruvíme		 херуви́мах
xeruvímax
  • херуви́мчик (xeruvímčik)
  • херуви́мский (xeruvímskij)

See also
  • хер (xer, “(archaic, historical) the name of the letter Х, х”)
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