гиена

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• гіе́на (gijéna) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

From Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina), which from Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (whence Latin sūs, English swine, Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá).

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲɪˈjenə]

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гие́на • (gijéna) f anim (genitive гие́ны, nominative plural гие́ны, genitive plural гие́н, relational adjective гие́новый or гие́ний, diminutive гие́нка)

1. hyena

   хо́хот гие́ны ― xóxot gijény ― the laughter of a hyena

Native

• свинья́ f (svinʹjá)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гиена”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “гиена”, 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 187

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “гиена”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.