ревнивый

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rьvьnivъ. By surface analysis, ревнова́ть (revnovátʹ) +‎ -и́вый (-ívyj).

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Adjective

ревни́вый (revnívyj) (comparative (по)ревни́вее or (по)ревни́вей, adverb ревни́во)

  1. jealous

Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ревнивый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress