уне
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "une"
Old East Slavic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оунии (unii), from Proto-Slavic *uňьjь (“better”). [1]
Adverb
[edit]уне (une)
- better
- Synonym: лучше (lučše)
- Уне есть единому человеку умрети за люди
- Une estĭ edinomu čeloveku umreti za ljudi
- It is better for one man to die for the people - John 11:50
- Унеe ему было бы, аще жернов оселский облежал бы о выи его.[2]
- Unee emu bylo by, ašče žernov oselskij obležal by o vyi ego.
- It would be better if a millstone were tied around his neck – Luke 17:2
- ...и ничим же унше позахомся![3]
- ...i ničim že unše pozaxomsja!
- ...and in nothing has [God] better showed himself! - Serapion of Vladimir, homily III
Related terms
[edit]- унити (uniti, “to want”)