ізгой

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic изгои (izgoi)[1] or изгой (izgoj).[2] By surface analysis, із- (iz-) +‎ го́їти (hójity), from Proto-Slavic *gojiti (to heal, feed), the latter derived from a causative form of Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (to live) (whence жи́ти (žýty)).

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Noun

ізго́й (izhójm pers (genitive ізго́я, nominative plural ізго́ї, genitive plural ізго́їв, relational adjective ізго́йський)

  1. (historical) izgoi (in Kievan Rus, an individual excluded from a particular social status)
  2. (by extension) outcast
    Synonyms: вигна́нець m (vyhnánecʹ), па́рія m (párija)

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References

  1. ^ Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “изгои”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. (in Russian), volume 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 492
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ізгой”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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