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Source:*čьrnъProto-Slaviccertain

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English

black

Polish

czarny

ˈtʂarnɨ

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
чёрныйčërnyj
ˈtɕornɨjinherited
Ukrainian
чо́рнийčornyj
ˈtʃɔrnɪjinherited
Polish
czarny
ˈtʂarnɨinherited
Czech
černý
ˈtʃɛrniːinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
crnцрн
tsr̩ninherited
Č became c before syllabic r.
English
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