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Etymology edit

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Morphologically его́ (jevó, his) +‎ -овый (-ovyj).

Compare Russian Church Slavonic ѥговъ (jegov, his),[1][2] Church Slavonic ѥговъ (jegovŭ, his),[3] Bulgarian негов (negov, his, its), Serbo-Croatian njegov (his, its), Slovene njegov (his, its), Slovak jehov (his) and Old Polish jegojski.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈɡovɨj]
  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈvovɨj] (phonetic respelling: ево́вый)

Adjective edit

его́вый (jegóvyj)

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) possessive of он (on): his
    Synonyms: его (jevo), евой (jevoj), егоный (jegonyj), егойный (jegojnyj)

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References edit

  1. ^ Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “еговъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 807
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “его”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  3. ^ Franz Miklosich (1862–1865) “ѥговъ”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 1149

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