хвоꙗ

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See also: хвоя

Old Ruthenian

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хво́ꙗ (sense 1)

Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic *хво́ꙗ (*xvója), from Proto-Slavic *xvòja, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skwajāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *skwoy-eh₂, from *skwey-. Cognate with Russian хво́я (xvója).

Noun

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хвоꙗ (xvojaf inan (related adjective хво́йный)

  1. pine (tree of the genus Pinus)
    Synonym: сосна́ (sosná)
  2. needles or branches of a coniferous tree
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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: хво́я (xvója)
  • Ukrainian: хво́я (xvója); фо́я (fója) (dialectal)

Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “хвоя”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 66