гїєна

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῠ̔́αινᾰ (hŭ́aină). First attested in 1627.

Cognates include Old East Slavic уѥна (ujena), Middle Russian иѥ́на (ijéna), Russian гие́на (gijéna).

Noun

гїє́на • (hijéna) f animal

  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)
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *suH- (0 c, 8 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
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