зевать

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Russian

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Slavic *zěvati. Compare Ukrainian зіва́ти (ziváty), Russian Church Slavonic зѣвати (zěvati), Serbo-Croatian зиjѐвати (first singular зи̏jева̑м), Slovene zévati, Czech zívati, Polish ziewać, Upper Sorbian zywać. Also cognate with зия́ть (zijátʹ) as well as Lithuanian žióvauti and Latvian žàvât, as well as Old High German giwēn, gewōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zʲɪˈvatʲ]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

зева́ть (zevátʹimpf (perfective зевну́ть or прозева́ть)

  1. to yawn
    Perfective: зевну́ть (zevnútʹ)
  2. (colloquial, imperfective only) to gape
  3. (colloquial) to miss (a train, a stop, a chance, an opportunity, etc.)
    Perfective: прозева́ть (prozevátʹ)

Conjugation

Derived terms

imperfective

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зевать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress