затишшя

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zatišьje. By surface analysis, затиха́ти (zatyxáty) +‎ -шя (-šja). Compare Russian зати́шье (zatíšʹje), Belarusian заці́шша (zacíšša), Polish zacisze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐˈtɪʃʲːɐ]

Noun

зати́шшя • (zatýššja) n inan (genitive зати́шшя, uncountable)

  1. calm, lull (period of reduced wind, waves, noise or activity)
    зати́шшя пе́ред бу́рею ― zatýššja péred búreju ― calm before the storm

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