свадьба

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian свадьба (svadʹba).

Noun

свадьба (swaʒʙa)

  1. marriage

References

  • Cincius, V. I., Rišes, L. D. (1952) “свадьба”, in Русско-эвенский словарь [Russian–Even Dictionary], Moscow, page 550a

Russian

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боя́рская сва́дьба

Etymology

PIE word
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Inherited from Old East Slavic сватьба (svatĭba), from Proto-Slavic *svatьba. By surface analysis, сват (svat) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

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Noun

сва́дьба (svádʹbaf inan (genitive сва́дьбы, nominative plural сва́дьбы, genitive plural сва́деб, relational adjective сва́дебный, diminutive сва́дебка)

  1. wedding
    Synonym: бракосочета́ние (brakosočetánije)
  2. participants in the wedding ceremony as a whole
  3. wedding anniversary (in the phrases (relational) + сва́дьба)
    Synonyms: годовщи́на сва́дьбы (godovščína svádʹby), годовщи́на (godovščína)

Declension

Hypernyms

  1. обря́д m (obrjád), торжество́ n (toržestvó)
  2. лю́ди pl anim (ljúdi), сбо́рище n (sbórišče), собра́ние n (sobránije), гурьба́ f (gurʹbá)
  3. годовщи́на f (godovščína)

Meronyms

  1. обря́д бракосочета́ния m (obrjád brakosočetánija), сва́дебное торжество́ n (svádebnoje toržestvó), сва́дебный обря́д n (svádebnyj obrjád)
  2. жени́х m anim (ženíx), неве́ста f anim (nevésta), ша́фер m anim (šáfer), подру́жка f anim (podrúžka), свиде́тель m anim (svidételʹ), гость m anim (gostʹ), посажённый отец m anim (posažónnyj otec), сва́дебный генера́л m anim (svádebnyj generál)

Holonyms

  1. жени́тьба f (ženítʹba)

Coordinate terms

  1. сватовство́ n (svatovstvó), помо́лвка f (pomólvka), супру́жество n (suprúžestvo), заму́жество n (zamúžestvo), брак m (brak)

Derived terms

Phrases
Anniversary

Collocations

Descendants

  • Yakut: сыбаайба (sıbaayba)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свадьба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “сват”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 143
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “свадьба”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 369