зять

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

• IPA^(key): [zʲætʲ]

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зять • (zjatʹ) m anim (genitive зя́тя, nominative plural зятья́, genitive plural зятьёв, diminutive зятёк)

1. son-in-law

   вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́дет ― výkolju sebé glaz, pustʹ u tjóšči zjatʹ krivój búdet ― I'll cut off my nose to spite my face (literally, “I'll poke my own eye out, let my mother-in-law have a one-eyed son-in-law”)

2. brother-in-law (the husband of one’s sister or sister-in-law)

• → Kildin Sami: зя̄һтҍ (zeaht’)

• неве́стка (nevéstka)
• сноха́ (snoxá)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “зять”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 332
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1975), “зять”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 6 (З), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 116

• зєть (zjetʹ) (dialectal)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

• IPA^(key): [zʲatʲ]

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зять • (zjatʹ) m pers (genitive зя́тя, nominative plural зя́ті, genitive plural зя́тів)

1. son-in-law
2. brother-in-law (the husband of one’s sister or sister-in-law)

• Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund (2001–2025) “Словники України” online [Dictionaries of Ukraine online]‎^[1] (in Ukrainian)

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “зять”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зять”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “зять”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN