зѣвати

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic зѣвати (zěvati), from Proto-Slavic *zěvàti. Cognate with Russian зева́ть (zevátʹ).

Verb

зѣвати • (zěvati) impf

1. to gape, to yawn

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: зява́ць (zjavácʹ)
• Carpathian Rusyn: зїва́ти (zjiváty)
• Ukrainian: зіва́ти (ziváty)

Further reading

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “зевати”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 197
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2005), “зѣвати”, 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 12 (зливатися – зѧть), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 239