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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zajьvъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Formed as *zaj- + *-ьvъ.[1] Derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źōj-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰōi- / *ǵʰoi- : *ǵʰēi-, *ǵʰē- (to be empty).[2][3] An isolated Ukrainian formation, but it is of PIE origin. Perhaps the closest cognate is Ukrainian зойк (zojk, scream; moan) and зя́яти (zjájaty), зія́ти (zijáty, to gape, to be wide open). Per Melnychuk, of unknown origin.[4]

Adjective

*zàjьvъ[1]

  1. superfluous, redundant, supervacaneous

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: за́йвий (zájvyj)
      • Russian: за́евый (zájevyj), за́ивый (záivyj) (Kursk, Voronezh dialects)

References

  1. Shevelov, George Y. (2002) Історична фонологія української мови [A Historical Phonology of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), transl. by Vakulenko S., Danylenko A., Kharkiv: Acta, →ISBN, page 326:*zaj-ьv-ъ
  2. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982), за́йвий”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volume 2 (Д – Ь), issue 12–22, Ottawa: Ukr. Mohylo-Mazepian Acad. of Sci. & Ukr. Lang. Assoc., →LCCN, page 426
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959), g̑hē-, g̑hēi-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 418
  4. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), за́йви́й”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 225
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