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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *za- + *viděti. Cognate to Latin invidia (“envy”).
Noun
*zavistь f
- envy
Declension
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “завист”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 575
- ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “зависть”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 372
- ^ The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “зависть”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 126