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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic пиꙗнъ (pijanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьjanъ, passive participle of *pijati, iterative aspect of *piti (“to drink”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
пья́ный • (pʹjányj) (comparative (по)пьяне́е or (по)пьяне́й)
- drunk
- Synonym: (colloquial) бухо́й (buxój)
- related to foods with alcoholic drinks
- пья́ная ку́рица ― pʹjánaja kúrica ― drunken chicken
1916, Надежда Тэффи [Nadezhda Teffi], Вендетта; English translation from Vendetta, (Please provide a date or year):Мише́ля не бы́ло. Но бы́ло не́что: на столе́ ме́жду ке́ксом и ва́зочкой с мали́новым варе́ньем стоя́ла больша́я кру́глая коро́бка с пья́ными ви́шнями в шокола́де.- Mišélja ne býlo. No býlo néčto: na stolé méždu kéksom i vázočkoj s malínovym varénʹjem stojála bolʹšája krúglaja koróbka s pʹjánymi víšnjami v šokoláde.
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Declension
Declension of пья́ный (short class cʹ)
Noun
пья́ный • (pʹjányj) m anim (genitive пья́ного, nominative plural пья́ные, genitive plural пья́ных, feminine пья́ная)
- drunk person, drunk, drunkard
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пьяный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пьяный”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 89