See also: зѧть

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [zʲætʲ]
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Noun

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зять (zjatʹm anim (genitive зя́тя, nominative plural зятья́, genitive plural зятьёв, diminutive зятёк)

  1. son-in-law
    вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́детvýkolju sebé glaz, pustʹ u tjóšči zjatʹ krivój búdetI'll cut off my nose to spite my face (literally, “I'll poke my own eye out, let my mother-in-law have a one-eyed son-in-law”)
  2. brother-in-law (the husband of one’s sister or sister-in-law)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Kildin Sami: зя̄һтҍ (zeaht’)

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “зять”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 332
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1975), “зять”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 6 (З), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 116

Ukrainian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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зять (zjatʹm pers (genitive зя́тя, nominative plural зя́ті, genitive plural зя́тів)

  1. son-in-law
  2. brother-in-law (the husband of one’s sister or sister-in-law)

Declension

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