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Russian
Etymology
Constructed as if from на (na) + яву́ (javú), from *ява́ (compare Ukrainian ява́ (javá, “reality”), and Russian явь (javʹ) with the same meaning).
Pronunciation
Adverb
наяву́ • (najavú)
- in real life, while awake, not in a dream
Ukrainian
Etymology
Constructed as if from на (na) + яву́ (javú), from ява́ (javá, “reality, real life, wakefulness”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
наяву́ • (najavú)
- in real life, while awake, not in a dream
1944, Volodymyr Sosiura, Любіть Україну! [Love Ukraine!]:Любі́ть Украї́ну у сні й наяву́,
вишне́ву свою́ Украї́ну,
красу́ її, ві́чно живу́ і нову́,
і мо́ву її солов'ї́ну.- Ljubítʹ Ukrajínu u sni j najavú,
vyšnévu svojú Ukrajínu,
krasú jiji, víčno žyvú i novú,
i móvu jiji solovʺjínu. - Love Ukraine in a dream and in reality,
your cherry Ukraine,
her beauty, ever alive and new,
and her nightingale language.
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “наяву”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “наяву”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “наяву”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “наяву”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “наяву”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “наяву”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)