Old Ruthenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic до́инꙑи (dóinyi), *до́инъ (*dóinŭ), from Proto-Slavic *dòjьnъ, from *dojìti.[1][2] By surface analysis, дои́ти (doʲíti) +‎ -ный (-nyj). Cognate with Russian до́йный (dójnyj).

Adjective edit

до́йный (dójnyj) (feminine до́йнаꙗ)

  1. milking, dairy (of cows) (kept for producing milk)

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: до́йны (dójny)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: до́йный (dójnŷj)
  • Ukrainian: ді́йни́й (díjnýj); до́йний (dójnyj) (dialectal)

References edit

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dojьnъ(jь), *dojьna(ja)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 56
  2. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2020) “дои́ть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 128

Further reading edit

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “дойный”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 762
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “дойный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 215
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2001), “доина”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 8 (десѧтинный – дѣдичство), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 91