Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Per Vasmer, from её (jejó, her) +‎ -ный (-nyj).[1]

Compare Belarusian ейны (jejny, her), Serbian Church Slavonic ѥйнъ (jejnŭ, her/hers) (Chodoš, 15th? century),[2] Serbo-Croatian njen, njejan, njejin, njezin, njejzin (her/hers), Slovene njen (her/hers), Bulgarian неин (nein, her/hers, its), Macedonian нејзин (nejzin, her/hers), Czech jejin (her) (since 15th century), Slovak jejin (her).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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е́йный (jéjnyj)

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) possessive of она́ (oná): her, hers
    Synonyms: её (jejó), еёный (jejónyj), ённый (jónnyj), ейнин (jejnin)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “е́йный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Franz Miklosich (1862–1865) “ѥйнъ”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 1155

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