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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rьvьnivъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *rьvьnь (“zeal”) + *-ivъ. Probably related to Proto-Slavic *řuti (“to cry, to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew- (“to roar”).
Adjective
*rьvьnivъ
- desirable, likable (for object) (in South Slavic)
- jealous, envious (for person)
- Synonyms: *zavistьlivъ, *žarьlivъ
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- *rьvьnivьcь (“jealous person”)
Related terms
- *rьvьnь f (“zeal”)
- *rьvьnovati (“to be jealous of”)
- *rьvьnati (“to like, to desire enviously”) (a/j-conj)
- *rьvьniteľь (“jealous person”)
- *rьvьnostь (“jealousy”)
- *revьlivъ (“prone to crying, crybaby”) (probably)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
- Belarusian: раўні́вы (raŭnívy)
- Russian: ревни́вый (revnívyj)
- Ukrainian: ревни́вий (revnývyj)
- Old East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: рьвьнивъ (rĭvĭnivŭ)
- Bulgarian: ревни́в (revnív, “jealous; desirable”)
- Macedonian: ревнив (revniv)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: сурѐвњив
- Latin: surèvnjiv
- Old Church Slavonic: рьвьнивъ (rĭvĭnivŭ)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: řevnivý
- Old Polish: rzewniwy
- Slovak:
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ревни́вый”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (2002), “ревнив”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 199