хвойна
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvojina. By surface analysis, хво́я (hvója, “conifer”) + -на (-na).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxvɔjnɐ]
Noun
хво́йна • (hvójna) f (relational adjective хво́йнoв)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | хво́йна hvójna |
хво́йни hvójni |
| definite | хво́йната hvójnata |
хво́йните hvójnite |
Alternative forms
- хо́йна (hójna), хуина́ (huiná) — dialectal
Related terms
- хуй (huj, “prick, wood”) (modern sense: “male genitalia”)
References
- “хвойна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “хвойна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “хвойна”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 495
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic *хвоина (*xvoina), from Proto-Slavic *xvojina, from *xvòja. By surface analysis, хво́ꙗ (xvója) + -ина (-ina). Doublet of хойна (xojna).
Noun
f-in ?
- coniferous forest
- тыи дей, котории его били, побачивши насъ, у хвойну втекли ― tyj dej, kotorii eho bili, pobačivši nas, u xvojnu vtekli
- conifer tree (pine, spruce)
Related terms
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skwey- (0 c, 5 e)
Descendants
- Belarusian: хваі́на (xvaína, “conifer”) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: хвої́на (xvojína, “conifer”) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: хвої́нка (xvojínka, “small pine forest”) (dialectal)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хвойна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 62