чечевица

Russian

Etymology

By assimilation from Old East Slavic сочевица (sočevica), from сочиво (sočivo, lentil seed), from Proto-Slavic *sočivo, probably from *sòkъ (juice), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪt͡ɕɪˈvʲit͡sə]
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Noun

чечеви́ца • (čečevícaf inan or f anim (genitive чечеви́цы, nominative plural чечеви́цы, genitive plural чечеви́ц, relational adjective чечеви́чный)

  1. lentil
  2. rosefinch

Declension

Derived terms

  • чечевицеобра́зный (čečeviceobráznyj)

Descendants

  • Ingrian: cecevitsa

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чечевица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “чечевица”, 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 388
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “чечевица”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “чечевица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 484

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