юный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic юнъ (junŭ), from Proto-Slavic *junъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jauˀnás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-. Displaced the inherited Old East Slavic унъ (unŭ), оунъ (unŭ).

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Adjective

ю́ный (júnyj) (comparative (по)юне́е or (по)юне́й)

  1. young, youthful (in the early part of life or growth)
  2. juvenile

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References

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