пів

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See also: пів-

Ukrainian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic полъ (polŭ), from Proto-Slavic *polъ (“half”).

Numeral

пів • (piv) (invariable)

  1. half
    Synonym: полови́на f (polovýna, “half”, noun)
  2. (telling the time) 'half to/till': indicating thirty minutes to the next whole hour (contrast with English half past)
    (о) пів на дру́гу ― (o) piv na drúhu ― (at) half past one (literally, “(at) half onto two”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

пів • (piv)

  1. masculine singular past indicative of пі́ти impf (píty, “to sing”) (dated, dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пів”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 383

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