ужин

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ужина (užina, afternoon snack; evening meal), from Proto-Slavic *južina / *južinъ (meal at noon), from *jugъ (South, south wind). Compare Old East Slavic угъ (ugŭ, South, noon). The meaning evolved like this: "south" ⇒ "the time of the day when the sun is in the south" ⇒ "supper".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈuʐɨn]
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Noun

у́жин • (úžin) m inan (genitive у́жина, nominative plural у́жины, genitive plural у́жинов)

  1. supper, late dinner (the evening meal)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ужин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “у́жин”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 285
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