фиалка
Russian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- фіа́лка (fiálka) — pre-1918 spelling
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Ruthenian фїа́лка (fiálka) (att. early 17th c.) at the turn of 18th c., itself with a gender change from Middle Polish fiałek, a variant of fiołek, from Old Polish fiołek (att. 1447), from Middle High German vîol, from Latin viola (whence also фиоле́товый (fiolétovyj)).
Compare typologically ро́за (róza) (whence ро́зовый (rózovyj)), ли́лия (lílija) (akin to лило́вый (lilóvyj)). Also note цвет (cvet), цвето́к (cvetók).
Also note female personal names Вио́ла (Vióla) (Виоле́тта (Violétta)), Ро́за (Róza), Ли́лия (Lílija).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]фиа́лка • (fiálka) f inan (genitive фиа́лки, nominative plural фиа́лки, genitive plural фиа́лок, relational adjective фиа́лковый)
Declension
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Compounds of the term:
- фиа́лка жёлтая (fiálka žóltaja)
- фиа́лка трёхцве́тная (fiálka trjoxcvétnaja)
Related terms
[edit]- Вио́ла f anim (Vióla), Виоле́тта f anim (Violétta)
- фиоле́товый (fiolétovyj)
Related via the common root of Latin viola and Ancient Greek ἴον (íon):
- йод m (jod)
Descendants
[edit]- → Yiddish: פֿיאַלקע (fyalke)
Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “фиалка”, 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.
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