хвойна

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дръмка хвойна

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvojina. By surface analysis, хво́я (hvója, conifer) +‎ -на (-na).

Pronunciation

Noun

хво́йна (hvójnaf (relational adjective хво́йнoв)

  1. juniper (conifer shrub or small tree of genus Juniperus)
    Synonym: смри́ка (smríka)

Declension

Alternative forms

Related terms

  • хуй (huj, prick, wood) (modern sense: “male genitalia”)

References

Old Ruthenian

хвойна (sense 1)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *хвоина (*xvoina), from Proto-Slavic *xvojina, from *xvòja. By surface analysis, хво́ꙗ (xvója) +‎ -ина (-ina). Doublet of хойна (xojna).

Noun

f-in ?

  1. coniferous forest
    тыи дей, котории его били, побачивши насъ, у хвойну втеклиtyj dej, kotorii eho bili, pobačivši nas, u xvojnu vtekli
  2. conifer tree (pine, spruce)

Related terms

Descendants

  • Belarusian: хваі́на (xvaína, conifer) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: хвої́на (xvojína, conifer) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: хвої́нка (xvojínka, small pine forest) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хвойна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 62