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tear (from crying)

Source:*slьzaProto-Slaviccertain

Czech keeps a syllabic l (slza); BCS turned it into u, as in vuk 'wolf'.

English

tear (from crying)

Polish

łza
wza
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BCS script
  • Russian
    слеза́sleza
    slʲɪˈzainherited
  • Ukrainian
    сльоза́slʹoza
    slʲɔˈzainherited
  • Polish
    łza
    wzainherited

    Polish lost the initial s.

  • Czech
    slza
    ˈsl̩zainherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    suzaсуза
    ˈsuzainherited
  • English
    tear (from crying)

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