ячмінь

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ѩчьнѣнъ (jęčĭněnŭ), Old Church Slavonic ѩчьмы (jęčĭmy), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęčьmy.

Cognate with Russian ячме́нь (jačménʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɐˈt͡ʃmʲinʲ]

Noun

ячмі́нь (jačmínʹ) m inan (genitive ячменю́, nominative plural ячмені́)

  1. barley (annual temperate grasses of the species Hordeum vulgare)
  2. barley (a cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains)

Declension

Noun

ячмі́нь (jačmínʹ) m inan (genitive ячменя́, uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) stye (a bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)

Declension

References

  • Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (2012), ячмінь”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume VI, Kiev: Naukova Dumka, page 565
  • ячмінь in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka
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