явь

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *avь (“obvious, apparent, real”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“apparent”). Cognates include Polish jawa, Ukrainian я́ва (jáva), ява́ (javá) or яв (jav).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jæfʲ]

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Noun

явь • (javʹ) f inan (genitive я́ви, nominative plural я́ви, genitive plural я́вей)

1. reality

Declension

Declension of явь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	я́вь jávʹ	я́ви jávi
genitive	я́ви jávi	я́вей jávej
dative	я́ви jávi	я́вям jávjam
accusative	я́вь jávʹ	я́ви jávi
instrumental	я́вью jávʹju	я́вями jávjami
prepositional	я́ви jávi	я́вях jávjax

Pre-reform declension of явь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	я́вь jávʹ	я́ви jávi
genitive	я́ви jávi	я́вей jávej
dative	я́ви jávi	я́вямъ jávjam
accusative	я́вь jávʹ	я́ви jávi
instrumental	я́вью jávʹju	я́вями jávjami
prepositional	я́ви jávi	я́вяхъ jávjax

Related terms

• наяву́ (najavú), я́вный (jávnyj)

Further reading

• явь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru