изъян

Russian

Etymology

From Persian زیان‎ (ziyân, “damage, injury”), influenced by изъя́ть (izʺjátʹ, “withdraw, remove”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɪzˈjan]

Noun

изъя́н • (izʺján) m inan (genitive изъя́на, nominative plural изъя́ны, genitive plural изъя́нов)

  1. defect, fault, stain, loss, flaw
    В да́нной схе́ме есть суще́ственный изъя́н
    V dánnoj sxéme jestʹ suščéstvennyj izʺján
    There is a significant defect in such outline
    А тепе́рь вот получа́ется, что где́-то вкра́лся изъя́н
    A tepérʹ vot polučájetsja, što gdé-to vkrálsja izʺján
    And now it turns out that somewhere a flaw slipped in

Declension
Declension of изъя́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative изъя́н
izʺján		 изъя́ны
izʺjány
genitive изъя́на
izʺjána		 изъя́нов
izʺjánov
dative изъя́ну
izʺjánu		 изъя́нам
izʺjánam
accusative изъя́н
izʺján		 изъя́ны
izʺjány
instrumental изъя́ном
izʺjánom		 изъя́нами
izʺjánami
prepositional изъя́не
izʺjáne		 изъя́нах
izʺjánax

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “изъян”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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