гїєна

Old Ruthenian

гѵє́на

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῠ̔́αινᾰ (húaina), reinforced by German Hyäne (from Early New High German hienna, from Old High German hijēna), in turn borrowed from Latin hyaena, which is also borrowed from Ancient Greek. Possibly partially inherited from Old East Slavic оуѥ́на (ujéna). Cognate with Russian гие́на (gijéna) (from Middle Russian иѥ́на (ijéna)) and Russian Church Slavonic гїена (giena). First attested in the 17th century.

Noun

гїєна • (hijena) f animal (genitive гѵєны, nominative plural гѵєны, genitive plural гѵєнъ)

1. hyena (Crocuta)

   гѵє́на взѧ́звши сво́є щенѧ́ которое было слѣпо, принєсла́ до ст҃го Мака́рїа ― hijéna vzjázvši svóje ščenjá kotoroje bylo slěpo, prinjeslá do st:ho Makária ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   гѵє́на зхили́вши го́ловꙋ на зе́млю, кланѧ́ласѧ а скꙋрꙋ скла́ла до но́гъ ст҃о́мꙋ ― hijéna zxilívši hólovu na zémlju, klanjálasja a skuru sklála do nóh st:ómu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *suH- (0 c, 9 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: гіе́на (hijéna)
• Carpathian Rusyn: гіє́на (hijéna)
• Ukrainian: гіє́на (hijéna)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1999), “гиєна”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 6 (выпросити – головный), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 210
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1985), “гиена”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 6 (выостреный – глядати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 280