говьно

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *govьno.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɡɔʋɪˈnoː/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɡɔʋʲɪˈnoː/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɡɔːʋʲˈnoː/
  • Hyphenation: го‧вь‧но́

Noun

говьно (govĭnon

  1. excrement

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: говно́ (govnó)
  • Ukrainian: гівно́ (hivnó), гімно́ (himnó)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “говьно”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 531