дефис

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Divis (whence also Polish dywiz), from Latin dīvīsus, from Latin dīvidō. Doublet of деви́з (devíz), дивиде́нд (dividénd), and диви́зия (divízija). Compare Slovene deljaj (“hyphen”) (akin to Russian дели́ть (delítʹ)).

On the other hand compare Slovak spojovník (“hyphen”), Czech spojovník, Serbo-Croatian спо́јница (akin to Russian пая́ть (pajátʹ), спайка (spajka)), Slovene vezaj (“hyphen”) (akin to Russian вяза́ть (vjazátʹ), свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ), свя́зка (svjázka)), Polish łącznik, Belarusian злучо́к (zlučók) (akin to Russian отлучи́ть (otlučítʹ), разлу́чить (razlúčitʹ), cлучи́ть (clučítʹ), слу́чка (slúčka)).

Pronunciation

Noun

дефи́с • (defís) m inan (genitive дефи́са, nominative plural дефи́сы, genitive plural дефи́сов, relational adjective дефи́сный)

  1. hyphen

Declension

Declension of дефи́с (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative дефи́с
defís 		дефи́сы
defísy
genitive дефи́са
defísa 		дефи́сов
defísov
dative дефи́су
defísu 		дефи́сам
defísam
accusative дефи́с
defís 		дефи́сы
defísy
instrumental дефи́сом
defísom 		дефи́сами
defísami
prepositional дефи́се
defíse 		дефи́сах
defísax

Descendants

  • → Armenian: դեֆիս (defis)

References

  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “дефис”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 95
  • Anikin, A. E. (2019) “дефис”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 307
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