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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovъ (yon).

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Pronoun edit

овый (ovyj) (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, obsolete, poetic) yon
  2. (archaic, obsolete) some
    • End of XV c., "Moskovskij letopisny svod" ("Moscow Chronicle Vault") , p. 117 [1]
      И собрашася вси со князьми своими, овые на коних, друзие же пѣши, и приидоша на брегъ.
      I sobrašasja vsi so knjazʹmi svoimi, ovyje na konix, druzije že pěši, i priidoša na breg.
      And everyone gathered with their knyazs, some on horses, others on foot, and came on shore.

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