червень

See also: чэрвень and červen

Russian

Inherited from Old East Slavic червьнъ (červĭnŭ, “June”). Cognates include Belarusian чэрвень (červjenʹ, “June”), Czech červen, Polish czerwiec, and Bulgarian червен (červen, “July”). Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *čьrvenъ, which is a passive participle of *čьrviti (“to dye red”), from *čьrvь (“worm, larva”), referring to certain insect larvae being used to manufacture red dye at this time of year. Related to черво́нный (červónnyj) and червь (červʹ).

че́рвень • (čérvenʹ) m inan (genitive че́рвеня, nominative plural че́рвени, genitive plural че́рвеней)

Declension of че́рвень (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-a)

From Old East Slavic червьнъ (červĭnŭ, “June”), with -ень (-enʹ). Cognates include Belarusian чэрвень (červjenʹ, “June”), Czech červen, Polish czerwiec, and Bulgarian червен (červen, “July”). Related to a carmine-based red dye harvested from the larvae of certain insects, черве́ць (červécʹ, “carmine scales, cochineal”), at this time of year.

че́рвень • (čérvenʹ) m inan (genitive че́рвня, nominative plural че́рвні, genitive plural че́рвнів, relational adjective червне́вий)

Declension of *че́рвень*
(inan soft masc-form accent-a reduc)
	singular	plural
nominative	че́рвень čérvenʹ	че́рвні čérvni
genitive	че́рвня čérvnja	че́рвнів čérvniv
dative	че́рвневі, че́рвню čérvnevi, čérvnju	че́рвням čérvnjam
accusative	че́рвень čérvenʹ	че́рвні čérvni
instrumental	че́рвнем čérvnem	че́рвнями čérvnjamy
locative	че́рвню, че́рвні čérvnju, čérvni	че́рвнях čérvnjax
vocative	че́рвню čérvnju	че́рвні čérvni

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “червень”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
“червень”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)