зѣванье

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• зѣванїе (zěvanije)

Etymology

From зѣвати (zěvati) +‎ -нье (-nʹje). Cognate with Russian зева́нье (zevánʹje).

Noun

зѣванье • (zěvanʹje) n

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Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂-‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: зява́нне (zjavánnje)
• Carpathian Rusyn: зї́ваня (zjívanja)
• Ukrainian: зіва́ння (zivánnja)

Further reading

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “зеванье”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 197
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2005), “зѣванїє”, 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 12 (зливатися – зѧть), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 239