сочевиця

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сочевица (sočevica),[1] from Proto-Slavic *sočevica and *sočivo,[2] probably from *sòkъ (juice), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos. Compare Russian чечеви́ца (čečevíca), Belarusian сачаві́ца (sačavíca), Polish soczewica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɔt͡ʃeˈʋɪt͡sʲɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

сочеви́ця • (sočevýcja) f inan (genitive сочеви́ці, nominative plural сочеви́ці, genitive plural сочеви́ць)

  1. lentil (any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods)
  2. (collective) lentils (the seed of these plants, used as food)

Declension

References

  1. Krysko, V. B., editor (2016), “сочевица”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.) [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.)] (in Russian), volumes 11 (свѣне – стѧгъ), Moscow: Azbukovnik, →ISBN, page 444
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сочевиця”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 363

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