зевать

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěvati. Compare Ukrainian зіва́ти (ziváty), Russian Church Slavonic зѣвати (zěvati), Serbo-Croatian зиjѐвати (first singular зи̏jева̑м), Slovene zévati, Czech zívat, 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]
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Verb

зева́ть • (zevátʹ) impf (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

verbs
  • зева́ться impf (zevátʹsja)
  • зазева́ть pf (zazevátʹ)
  • зазева́ться pf (zazevátʹsja), зазёвываться impf (zazjóvyvatʹsja)
  • позева́ть pf (pozevátʹ)
  • позёвывать impf (pozjóvyvatʹ)
  • прозева́ть pf (prozevátʹ), прозёвывать impf (prozjóvyvatʹ)
  • раззева́ться pf (razzevátʹsja)
  • зева́ние (zevánije)

References

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