не йняти віру

• (colloquial genitive, more common) не йня́ти ві́ри (ne jnjáty víry)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian не инѧти вѣру (ne injati věru), не ѧти вѣру (ne jati věru), вѣры имати (věry imati), with regular reanalysis of я́ти (játy) as йня́ти (jnjáty). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [nɛ ˈi̯nʲate ˈʋʲirʊ]

не йня́ти ві́ру • (ne jnjáty víru) impf

1. to not believe, to disbelieve (+dative)

   Antonym: дава́ти ві́ру (daváty víru)

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “няти”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “йняти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “йняти”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN