samvydav
samvydav noun: samizdat.
Noun
samvydav (usually uncountable, plural samvydavs)
- Samizdat.
- Many of these appeals appeared in Ukrains’kyi visnyk, a samvydav Ukrainian publication, and a surprising amount eventually were smuggled out of Ukraine to the West.1978, Stephan M. Horak, Russia, the USSR, and Eastern Europe: A Bibliographic Guide to English Language Publications, 1964-1974, Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, page 325
- Although some members of the group changed their writing in response to warnings from the party, others continued to publish in the so-called samvydav, or publishing underground, in which self-published works were illegally produced and distributed.1996, Paul Robert Magocsi, A History of Ukraine, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, page 661
Forms of samvydav
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Origin of samvydav
1971, from Ukrainian самви́дав (samvýdav, “samizdat”) < сам (sam, “self”) + ви́дання (výdannja, “publication”). Compare samizdat < Russian самизда́т (samizdát).
Questions about samvydav
- What does samvydav mean?
- Samvydav means samizdat.
- What part of speech is samvydav?
- Samvydav is a noun.
- What is the plural of samvydav?
- The plural of samvydav is samvydavs.
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