винуватий

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian виноватый (vinovatyj),[1][2] from Old East Slavic виноватыи (vinovatyi),[3] possibly from Proto-Slavic *vinovatъ.[4] By surface analysis, вина́ (vyná) +‎ -ува́тий (-uvátyj) (although this suffix is normally attached to adjectives). Compare Russian винова́тый (vinovátyj), Belarusian вінава́ты (vinaváty), Old Polish winowaty, Slovak vinovatý, Old Church Slavonic виноватъ (vinovatŭ).

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Adjective

винува́тий (vynuvátyj) (abstract noun винува́тість)

  1. guilty, culpable, to blame (responsible for wrongdoing)
  2. guilty (judged to have committed a crime)
  3. (nominalized) guilty party, culprit
    Synonym: винува́тець m (vynuvátecʹ)
  4. guilty (having a sense of guilt)
  5. (predicative, colloquial) in debt

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References

  1. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “виноватый, виноват, виноватъ, выноватый”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 68
  2. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “виноватыи, вїноватыи, виноваты, виноватъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 175
  3. ^ Avanesov, R. I., editor (1988), “виноватыи”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. (in Russian), volume 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 430
  4. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вінава́т(ы)”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 144

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