ревнив

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rьvьnivъ. Morphologically identical to ре́вен (réven, “zeal”) (dialectal) +‎ -ив (-iv). The meaning jealous is probably inherited from Old Church Slavonic рьвьнивъ (rĭvĭnivŭ), while the dialectal desirable is native.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛvˈnif]

Adjective

ревни́в • (revnív)

1. jealous, envious (for person)

   Synonym: завистли́в (zavistlív)

2. (dialectal, colloquial) desirable, likable (for object, land)

Declension

Positive forms of ревни́в

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	ревни́в revnív	ревни́ва revníva	ревни́во revnívo	ревни́ви revnívi
definite (subject form)	ревни́вият revnívijat	ревни́вата revnívata	ревни́вото revnívoto	ревни́вите revnívite
definite (object form)	ревни́вия revnívija

Comparative forms of ревни́в

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-ревни́в pó-revnív	по́-ревни́ва pó-revníva	по́-ревни́во pó-revnívo	по́-ревни́ви pó-revnívi
definite (subject form)	по́-ревни́вият pó-revnívijat	по́-ревни́вата pó-revnívata	по́-ревни́вото pó-revnívoto	по́-ревни́вите pó-revnívite
definite (object form)	по́-ревни́вия pó-revnívija

Superlative forms of ревни́в

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-ревни́в náj-revnív	на́й-ревни́ва náj-revníva	на́й-ревни́во náj-revnívo	на́й-ревни́ви náj-revnívi
definite (subject form)	на́й-ревни́вият náj-revnívijat	на́й-ревни́вата náj-revnívata	на́й-ревни́вото náj-revnívoto	на́й-ревни́вите náj-revnívite
definite (object form)	на́й-ревни́вия náj-revnívija

Derived terms

• ревни́вец (revnívec, “jealous person”)
• ревни́вост (revnívost, “jealousy”)

Related terms

• ре́вна се pf (révna se, “to like, to get a desire”) (dialectal)
• ревну́вам impf (revnúvam, “to envy”)
  • съревнова́ние (sǎrevnovánie, “competition”)
• ре́вен (réven), ре́внове pl (révnove, “zeal”) (dialectal)
• ре́вност (révnost, “envy”)

References

• “ревнив”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ревнив”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “ревнив”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 199

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rʲɪvˈnʲif]

Adjective

ревни́в • (revnív)

1. short masculine singular of ревни́вый (revnívyj)