Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic завистьникъ (zavistĭnikŭ, “envious person”), from зависть (zavistĭ, “envy”) + -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ), from за- (za-) + видѣти (viděti, “to see”), from Proto-Slavic *viděti (“to see”). Compare Russian завистник (zavistnik).
zavistnic m or n (feminine singular zavistnică, masculine plural zavistnici, feminine and neuter plural zavistnice)
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | zavistnic | zavistnică | zavistnici | zavistnice | ||
| definite | zavistnicul | zavistnica | zavistnicii | zavistnicele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | zavistnic | zavistnice | zavistnici | zavistnice | ||
| definite | zavistnicului | zavistnicei | zavistnicilor | zavistnicelor | |||