ужин
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ужина (užina, “afternoon snack; evening meal”), from Proto-Slavic *južina / *južinъ (“meal at noon”), from *jugъ (“South, south wind”). Compare Old East Slavic угъ (ugŭ, “South, noon”). The meaning evolved like this: "south" ⇒ "the time of the day when the sun is in the south" ⇒ "supper".
Pronunciation
Noun
у́жин • (úžin) m inan (genitive у́жина, nominative plural у́жины, genitive plural у́жинов)
Declension
Related terms
- у́жинать (úžinatʹ), поу́жинать (poúžinatʹ)
- у́жинный (úžinnyj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ужин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “у́жин”, 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 285