хвоя

See also: хвоꙗ

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvoja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈxvojə]
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Noun

хво́я • (xvója) f inan (genitive хво́и, nominative plural хво́и, genitive plural хвой, relational adjective хво́йный) (botany)

(collective) needles (of conifers)
Holonym: ла́пник (lápnik)

Meronym: хвои́нка (xvoínka)

Declension

Declension of хво́я (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	хво́я xvója	хво́и xvói
genitive	хво́и xvói	хво́й xvój
dative	хво́е xvóje	хво́ям xvójam
accusative	хво́ю xvóju	хво́и xvói
instrumental	хво́ей, хво́ею xvójej, xvójeju	хво́ями xvójami
prepositional	хво́е xvóje	хво́ях xvójax

Derived terms

Compound words:

хвоепа́д m (xvojepád)

Related terms

хво́йник m (xvójnik)
хво́йный (xvójnyj)

Further reading

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “хвоя”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “хвой”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvoja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈxwɔjɐ]

Noun

хво́я • (xvója) f inan (genitive хво́ї, nominative plural хво́ї, genitive plural хвой) (botany)

(collective) needles (of conifers)
(single) needle (of conifers)
(collective) conifer branches
(dialectal) synonym of со́сна́ f (sósná, “pine”)

Declension

Declension of *хво́я*
(inan j-stem fem-form accent-a)
	singular	plural
nominative	хво́я xvója	хво́ї xvóji
genitive	хво́ї xvóji	хвой xvoj
dative	хво́ї xvóji	хво́ям xvójam
accusative	хво́ю xvóju	хво́ї xvóji
instrumental	хво́єю xvójeju	хво́ями xvójamy
locative	хво́ї xvóji	хво́ях xvójax
vocative	хво́є xvóje	хво́ї xvóji

Related terms

хво́йний (xvójnyj)

References

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “хвоя”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
“хвоя”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “хвоя”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “хвоя”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
“хвоя”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
“хвоя”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)