ужин

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ужина (užina, “afternoon snack; evening meal”), from Proto-Slavic *južina (“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)

supper, late dinner (the evening meal)

Declension

Declension of у́жин (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	у́жин úžin	у́жины úžiny
genitive	у́жина úžina	у́жинов úžinov
dative	у́жину úžinu	у́жинам úžinam
accusative	у́жин úžin	у́жины úžiny
instrumental	у́жином úžinom	у́жинами úžinami
prepositional	у́жине úžine	у́жинах úžinax

Related terms

у́жинать (úžinatʹ), поу́жинать (poúžinatʹ)
у́жинный (úžinnyj)

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. (1999) “у́жин”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 285