ива

Old Ruthenian

и҆́ва

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic и́ва (íva), from Proto-Slavic *jь̀va, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éiˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHwéh₂ (“yew”). Cognate with Russian и́ва (íva), Old Polish iwa, Old Church Slavonic ива (iva).

Noun

1. willow
   • на той же мождчале у иве рубежы; знову на волотовцк у волсе рубежы ― na toj že moždčale u ive rubežy; znovu na volotovck u volse rubežy ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Synonym: верба (verba)

Descendants

• Carpathian Rusyn: и́ва (ýva)
• Ukrainian: и́ва (ýva), ги́ва (hýva), і́ва (íva), ї́ва (jíva), єва (jeva) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Voitiv, H. V., editor (2006), “ива”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 13 (и – іюнь), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 16
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “ива”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 13 (злотництво – ивовый), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 287

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic и́ва (íva), from Proto-Slavic *jь̀va, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éiˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHwéh₂ (“yew”).

Slavic cognates include Bulgarian и́ва (íva), Ukrainian і́ва (íva) and Polish iwa. More distant cognates include Ancient Greek ὄᾱ (óā), Icelandic ýr, Dutch ijf, German Eibe, English yew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈivə]

Noun

и́ва • (íva) f inan (genitive и́вы, nominative plural и́вы, genitive plural ив, relational adjective и́вовый)

1. willow

Declension

Declension of и́ва (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	и́ва íva	и́вы ívy
genitive	и́вы ívy	и́в ív
dative	и́ве íve	и́вам ívam
accusative	и́ву ívu	и́вы ívy
instrumental	и́вой, и́вою ívoj, ívoju	и́вами ívami
prepositional	и́ве íve	и́вах ívax

Related terms

• ивня́к (ivnják)
• и́вовый (ívovyj)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jь̀va, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éiˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHwéh₂ (“yew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐːʋa/
• Hyphenation: и‧ва

Noun

и́ва f (Latin spelling íva)

1. osier

Declension

Declension of ива

	singular	plural
nominative	ива	иве
genitive	иве	ива
dative	иви	ивама
accusative	иву	иве
vocative	иво	иве
locative	иви	ивама
instrumental	ивом	ивама

References

• “ива”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024