полынь
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic пелынь (pelynĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pelynь f, *pelynъ m. Compare Bulgarian пели́н (pelín), Czech peluň, Polish piołun. Per Vasmer, a connection with пали́ть (palítʹ, “to burn, scorch”) and поле́но (poléno, “(burning)log”) is possible. Compare typologically го́рький (górʹkij), го́речь (górečʹ), горчи́ца (gorčíca) akin to горе́ть (gorétʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɐˈɫɨnʲ]
- Rhymes: -ɨnʲ
Noun
полы́нь • (polýnʹ) f inan (genitive полы́ни, nominative plural полы́ни, genitive plural полы́ней, relational adjective полы́нный)
- wormwood, mugwort, artemisia
- Synonym: (dated) евша́н (jevšán)
- (figuratively) bitterness
Declension
Declension of полы́нь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “полынь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “полынь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 316
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “полынь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.