соловей

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn соловей (solovej), соловій (solovij), from Old East Slavic соловии (solovii), from Proto-Slavic *solvьjь. Displaced славик (slavik).

• IPA^(key): [sɔˈlɔvɛj]
• Rhymes: -ɔvɛj
• Hyphenation: со‧ло‧вей

соловей (solovej) m anim (diminutive соловейчок or соловейко, possessive adjective соловейов)

1. nightingale

   Synonym: (obsolete) славик (slavik)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “славуј”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 533
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “соловей”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “nightingale”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 189

Inherited from Old East Slavic соловии (solovii), from Proto-Slavic *solvьjь, from *solvъ (“cream-colored”) +‎ *-ьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *saluo-.

Compare typologically ря́бчик (rjábčik) (akin to рябо́й (rjabój)), сиза́рь (sizárʹ) (akin to си́зый (sízyj), also note го́лубь (gólubʹ) (akin to голубо́й (golubój), the opposite direction of the meaning development)), пестру́шка (pestrúška) (akin to пёстрый (pjóstryj)), бурёнка (burjónka) (akin to бу́рый (búryj)), etc.

• IPA^(key): [səɫɐˈvʲej]

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солове́й • (solovéj) m anim (genitive соловья́, nominative plural соловьи́, genitive plural соловьёв, female equivalent соловьи́ха, relational adjective соловьи́ный, diminutive солове́йко or солове́йка or солове́йчик, pejorative соловьи́шка)

1. nightingale

• соло́вушка (solóvuška)

Proverbs

• соловья́ ба́снями не ко́рмят (solovʹjá básnjami ne kórmjat)

• соло́вый (solóvyj)
  • солове́ть impf (solovétʹ), осолове́ть pf (osolovétʹ)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “соловей”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• соловій (solovij) — dialectal

From Old East Slavic соловии (solovii), from Proto-Slavic *solvьjь. Derived with the suffix -ей (-ej).

• IPA^(key): [sɔɫɔˈʋɛi̯]

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солове́й • (solovéj) m animal (genitive солов'я́, nominative plural солов'ї́, genitive plural солов'ї́в, relational adjective солов'ї́ний or солов'ї́на, diminutive солове́йко)

1. nightingale

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “солове́й”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “соловей”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka