хвойна

Bulgarian

дръмка хвойна

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvojina. By surface analysis, хво́я (hvója, “conifer”) +‎ -на (-na).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxvɔjnɐ]

Noun

хво́йна • (hvójna) f (relational adjective хво́йнoв)

  1. juniper (conifer shrub or small tree of genus Juniperus)
    Synonym: смри́ка (smríka)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • хо́йна (hójna), хуина́ (huiná) — dialectal
  • хуй (huj, “prick, wood”) (modern sense: “male genitalia”)

References

Old Ruthenian

хвойна (sense 1)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *хвоина (*xvoina), from Proto-Slavic *xvojina, from *xvòja. By surface analysis, хво́ꙗ (xvója) +‎ -ина (-ina). Doublet of хойна (xojna).

Noun

f-in ?

  1. coniferous forest
    тыи дей, котории его били, побачивши насъ, у хвойну втекли ― tyj dej, kotorii eho bili, pobačivši nas, u xvojnu vtekli
  2. conifer tree (pine, spruce)
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skwey-‎ (0 c, 5 e)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: хваі́на (xvaína, “conifer”) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: хвої́на (xvojína, “conifer”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: хвої́нка (xvojínka, “small pine forest”) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хвойна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 62
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