повія

Ukrainian

Etymology

Ultimately from ві́яти impf (víjaty).[1] Possibly a deverbal from пові́яти pf (povíjaty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɔˈʋʲijɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

пові́я • (povíja) f pers (genitive пові́ї, nominative plural пові́ї, genitive plural пові́й)

  1. prostitute, whore
    Synonyms: проститу́тка f (prostytútka), (vulgar) шлю́ха f (šljúxa), (vulgar) ку́рва f (kúrva)

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “повія”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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