Grossman: НА ВЕЧНОМ ПОКОЕ:"vse pribuyut da pribuyut"

Olga Meerson meersono at GEORGETOWN.EDU
Wed Nov 4 21:49:05 UTC 2009


The form is incorrect. Pribyvaiut would be correct, but here, the -yva- suffix is treated like an -ova- one (like "risuiut" from "risovat'"). This at times happens in dialects, and Grossman seems to quote the person at the cemetery using one of those dialects.

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