червень

Inherited from Old East Slavic червьнъ (červĭnŭ, “June”). Cognates include Belarusian чэрвень (červjenʹ, “June”), Czech červen, Polish czerwiec, and Bulgarian червен (červen, “July”). Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *čьrvenъ, which is a passive participle of *čьrviti (“to dye red”), from *čьrvь (“worm, larva”), referring to certain insect larvae being used to manufacture red dye at this time of year. Related to черво́нный (červónnyj) and червь (červʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕervʲɪnʲ]

че́рвень • (čérvenʹ) m inan (genitive че́рвеня, nominative plural че́рвени, genitive plural че́рвеней)

1. (archaic) June

   Synonym: ию́нь (ijúnʹ)

From Old East Slavic червьнъ (červĭnŭ, “June”), with -ень (-enʹ). Cognates include Belarusian чэрвень (červjenʹ, “June”), Czech červen, Polish czerwiec, and Bulgarian червен (červen, “July”). Related to a carmine-based red dye harvested from the larvae of certain insects, черве́ць (červécʹ, “carmine scales, cochineal”), at this time of year.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛrʋenʲ]

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че́рвень • (čérvenʹ) m inan (genitive че́рвня, nominative plural че́рвні, genitive plural че́рвнів, relational adjective червне́вий)

1. June

   Synonyms: че́рвець (čérvecʹ), черве́ць (červécʹ)

• черв'я́к (červʺják, “worm, larva”)
• черве́ць (červécʹ, “carmine scales, cochineal”)
• черво́ний (červónyj, “red”)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “червень”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “червень”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)