чиныг

Ossetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

By vowel metathesis from Old East Slavic кънига (kŭniga).

Noun

чи́ныг • (ḱínyg) (plural чингуытӕ)

  1. (Iron) book
    телефонты чиныг ― telefonty ḱinyg ― phone book
  2. (Iron, archaic) letter, writing; document

Derived terms
  • чиныгаразӕг (ḱinygarazæg)
  • чиныгӕвӕрӕн (ḱinygæværæn)
  • чиныггонд (ḱinyggond)
  • чиныгдон (ḱinygdon)
  • чиныгкӕсӕг (ḱinygkæsæg)
  • чиныгкӕсӕн (ḱinygkæsæn)
  • чиныгуадзӕн (ḱinygwaʒæn)
  • чиныгуарзаг (ḱinygwarzag)
  • чиныгуарзӕг (ḱinygwarzæg)

References
  • Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “чиныг”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
  • Абаев, В. И. (1958), “ḱinyg | kinugæ, kiwnugæ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 596
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