Sentence
This is a sentence in Russian. It is composed of 13 items.
Word sources
A quick overview of the meaning of each word and its etymology.
| любовь | любовь | love | Inherited from Old East Slavic любꙑ (ljuby), from Proto-Slavic *ľuby, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-. Cognates include Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “desire, cupidity”) and English love. |
| ещё | ещё | yet | Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ešče (“still, yet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁). Cognate with Belarusian яшчэ (jašče), Ukrainian ще (šče), Polish jeszcze. |
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| быть | быть | to be | Inherited from Old East Slavic бꙑти (byti), from Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei. Cognate with Ukrainian бути (buty), Belarusian быць (bycʹ), Polish być. Other cognates include Sanskrit भू (bhū, “to be”), Latin futūrus, and English be. The present forms are suppletive, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. |
| может | мочь | can | Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moťi, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-, whence English might. Cognate to Ancient Greek μῆχος (mêkhos, “means, remedy”) and Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”). |
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| в | в | ||
| душе | душа | soul | Inherited from Old East Slavic доуша (duša, “soul”), from Proto-Slavic *duša. |
| моей | мои | ||
| угасла | угаснуть | to go out | у- (u-) + га́снуть (gásnutʹ) |
| не | не | not | Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne. Cognates include Lithuanian ne, Old English ne, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Irish ní, Latin ne, Sanskrit न (ná). |
| совсем | совсем | quite | Univerbation of the preposition со (so, “with”) + всем (vsem), the instrumental case of весь (vesʹ, “all”). |
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