охайний

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From obsolete ха́яти (xájaty, to clean; to scold), possibly via an obsolete past participle *обха́яний (*obxájanyj).[1][2][3] Compare Belarusian аха́йны (axájny).

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Adjective

оха́йний (oxájnyj) (adverb оха́йно, abstract noun оха́йність)

  1. neat, tidy
    Synonyms: оха́йливий (oxájlyvyj), акура́тний (akurátnyj), чепурни́й (čepurnýj)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “охайний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 239
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хаяти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 161
  3. ^ Zhelekhivskyi, E. I., Nedilskyi, S., editors (1886), “ха́яти”, in Малоруско-нїмецкий словар (in German), volumes 2: П – Я, Lviv: Shevchenko Society, page 1035

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