зїꙗти

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Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic зиꙗти (zijati), from Proto-Slavic *zijàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źiā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂i-éh₂-yeti, from *ǵʰeh₂-. Cognate with Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ).

Verb

зїꙗти (zijatiimpf

  1. to gape, to yawn

Descendants

  • Carpathian Rusyn: зия́ти (zyjáty)
  • Ukrainian: зя́яти (zjájaty), зія́ти (zijáty); зя́ти (zjáty) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2004), “зияти”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 11 (затраченє – злечитисѧ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 245