оунии
Old Church Slavonic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *uňьjь (“better”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *auˀnijas, from Proto-Indo-European*wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). [1]
Adjective edit
оун҄ии • (unʹii)
- better, best
- from the Story of Ahikar:
- ꙋне ты ѥ огьнемь горетии тресавицею нежели жити сь ꙁлою женою.
- une ty je ogĭnemĭ goretii tresaviceju neželi žiti sĭ zloju ženoju.
- It is better to be shivering from being set on fire, than to be living together with a wicked woman.
- Excerpt from the Story of Boris and Gleb, line 37:
- Уне бы ми съ тобою умрети, неже уединену и усирену отъ тебе въ семь житꙇи пожити.
- Une by mi sŭ toboju umreti, neže uedinenu i usirenu otŭ tebe vŭ semĭ žitii požiti.
- It would have been preferable for me to die with you, and not to live out this life bereft of you and orphaned.
- from the Story of Ahikar:
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old East Slavic уне (une)
References edit
- Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 740
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 509