ейный

Russian

Alternative forms

  • ейной (jejnoj), ейнай (jejnaj)
  • ё́йный (jójnyj), ё́йной (jójnoj)

Etymology

Per Vasmer, from её (jejó, “her”) +‎ -ный (-nyj).[1]

Compare Belarusian ейны (jejny, “her”), Serbian Church Slavonic ѥйнъ (jejnŭ, “her/hers”) (Chodoš, 15th? century),[2] Serbo-Croatian njen, njejan, njejin, njezin, njejzin (“her/hers”), Slovene njen (“her/hers”), Bulgarian неин (nein, “her/hers, its”), Macedonian нејзин (nejzin, “her/hers”), Czech jejin (“her”) (since 15th century), Slovak jejin (“her”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjejnɨj]

Adjective

е́йный • (jéjnyj)

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) possessive of она́ (oná): her, hers
    Synonyms: её (jejó), еёный (jejónyj), ённый (jónnyj), ейнин (jejnin)

Declension

References

  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “е́йный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. Franz Miklosich (1862–1865) “ѥйнъ”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 1155

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