фїалка

Old Ruthenian

фїа́лка

Alternative forms

Etymology

From фїа́локъ m + -ка, further borrowed from Polish fiałek, fijałek, variant of fiołek, from Old Polish fiołek, from Middle High German vîol, from Old High German viola, from Latin viola. First attested in the early 17th century.[1]

Noun

фїа́лка (transliteration needed) f inan (related adjective фїа́лковый or фїѧ́лковый)

  1. (botany) violet (flower)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: фія́лка (fijálka)
  • Rusyn: фіа́лка (fiálka)
  • Ukrainian: фіа́лка (fiálka), фія́лка (fijálka); фія́вка (fijávka), хвия́лка (xvyjálka), хвія́лка (xvijálka) (dialectal)
  • Russian: фиа́лка (fiálka)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), фіа́лка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 93: “ст. фия́лок, фиа́лок (XVII ст.)”

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