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зять

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See also: зѧть

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [zʲætʲ]
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Noun

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зять (zjatʹm anim (genitive зя́тя, nominative plural зятья́, genitive plural зятьёв, diminutive зятёк)

  1. son-in-law
    вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́детvýkolju sebé glaz, pustʹ u tjóšči zjatʹ krivój búdetI'll cut off my nose to spite my face (literally, “I'll poke my own eye out, let my mother-in-law have a one-eyed son-in-law”)
  2. brother-in-law (the husband of one’s sister or sister-in-law)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Kildin Sami: зя̄һтҍ (zeaht’)

See also

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “зять”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 332
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1975), “зять”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 6 (З), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 116

Ukrainian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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зять (zjatʹm pers (genitive зя́тя, nominative plural зя́ті, genitive plural зя́тів)

  1. son-in-law
  2. brother-in-law (the husband of one’s sister or sister-in-law)

Declension

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Declension of зять
(pers soft masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative зять
zjatʹ
зя́ті
zjáti
genitive зя́тя
zjátja
зя́тів
zjátiv
dative зя́теві, зя́тю
zjátevi, zjátju
зя́тям
zjátjam
accusative зя́тя
zjátja
зя́тів
zjátiv
instrumental зя́тем
zjátem
зя́тями
zjátjamy
locative зя́теві, зя́тю, зя́ті
zjátevi, zjátju, zjáti
зя́тях
zjátjax
vocative зя́тю
zjátju
зя́ті
zjáti

References

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