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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian животиња／životinja, from Proto-Slavic *životъni. By surface analysis, живот (život) + -иня (-inja).
Pronunciation
Noun
животиня (životinja) f (diminutive животинька, related adjective животиньски)
- animal
- Synonym: жвир (žvir)
Declension
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “животиня”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “animal”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 24