тина

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Old Church Slavonic

Noun

тина (tinaf

  1. slime
  2. mud

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tīmnā or *tiňa

Noun

тина (tinaf

  1. swamp
  2. mud
  3. slime, scum

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ціна (cina)
  • Russian: тина (tina)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “тина”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 959

Russian

Камень, торчащий из тины

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тина (tina), from Proto-Slavic *tīmnā or *tiňa.

Pronunciation

Noun

ти́на (tínaf inan (genitive ти́ны, nominative plural ти́ны, genitive plural тин)

  1. scum, slime (greenish water vegetation)

Declension

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