свинѧ
Old Ruthenian
свинѧ́
Alternative forms
- свиніѧ́, свиньѧ́, свіньѧ́, свїньѧ́
- свинꙗ́, свінѧ́, свынѧ́, свиннѧ́
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic свиньꙗ́ (svinĭjá), свиниꙗ́ (svinijá), from Proto-Slavic *svinьjà (“pig”), from earlier *svīnī, from *svinъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swīˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *suHiHnos, from *suH-. Cognate with Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá). Possibly merged with Old East Slavic свинѧ́ (svinę́, “piglet”), from Proto-Slavic *svinę.
Noun
свинѧ́ • (transliteration needed) f anim (related adjective свиный or свининъ or свинскїй, diminutive свинка)
- pig, swine, sow, hog (mammal of genus Sus)
- свиньѧ котораѧ хочь и дѣлит копыто не пережꙋваетъ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- купили свиню у мелника для ремесниковъ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- за каждую свинню давано… по копе грошей литовских ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- wild sow, female wild boar
- риешъ вепре, свинꙗ дикаꙗ, грѣшникꙋ мизерныⸯ, в землю занꙋраешьсꙗ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figurative) pig, bastard (a contemptible, rude person)
- слышачи то цар, жизнолюбиваѧ и плюгаваѧ свинѧ далсѧ звести ѡным превротником ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Related terms
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *suH- (0 c, 9 e)
Descendants
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*свиня”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ – 15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 322
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “свинья, свиния, свиння, свиня”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 124
- Tymchenko, E. K. (2003), “свиня”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of the 15ᵗʰ – 18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 310
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