zavistnic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic завистьникъ (zavistĭnikŭ, envious person), from зависть (zavistĭ, envy) + -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ), from за- (za-) + видѣти (viděti, to see), from Proto-Slavic *viděti (to see). Compare Russian завистник (zavistnik).

Adjective

zavistnic m or n (feminine singular zavistnică, masculine plural zavistnici, feminine and neuter plural zavistnice)

  1. (dated) envious, jealous person, intriguer

Declension

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