хвойна
Old Ruthenian
хвойна (1)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *xvojina, from *xvòja. By surface analysis, хво́ꙗ (xvója) + -ина (-ina). Doublet of хойна (xojna).
Noun
хвойна • (xvojna) f inan
- coniferous forest
- тыи дей, котории его били, побачивши насъ, у хвойну втекли ― tyj dej, kotorij eho bili, pobačivši nas, u xvojnu vtekli
- conifer tree (pine, spruce)
Related terms
- хво́ꙗ (xvója)
- хво́йный (xvójnyj)
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), issue 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 62