People who love Russian rock most likely heard the word "sweetheart" in the songs of "Night Snipers". But who is this one? If you are not a keen Russian scholar, then the meaning of "sweetheart" is most likely unknown to you. An exception can only be lovers of fairy tales. This article will tell you about who it is - a chill. So, let's begin.
Meaning of the word
A chill is a person’s love interest, a subject of sighing, beloved. Now this word can be heard very rarely. It has a colloquial connotation due to the fact that it is already obsolete, but earlier it was a folk poetic one and was a sign of the nobility, education, and upbringing of the person who used it. This word is connected with ideas about passion, when a person experiences temperature changes, feels a flock of purple moose in his stomach and so on, so on, so on. In the second part of the article, you will learn more about the origin of this word.
Origin of the word
If you think about it, the word "chills" is more like "chills" than something related to love. However, this similarity is not misleading. The word “sweetheart” came from the word “getting cold,” which meant “falling in love,” and this word appeared from “chilling,” which meant experiencing cold, freezing. Since when he encounters an object of adoration, he “throws it into heat, then into cold,” he feels a chill running through his whole body, or trembling running through his body from the painful expectation of a meeting. So, a chill is the person you encounter with chills because of excessive adoration. It is noteworthy that it was in this meaning that the word "sweetheart" fell into literary speech from a dialect. Even now, the word “sweetheart” is dialectic in a sense, because it is not widespread, and it can be heard only in some cities.
So, it’s worth summing up. Now in your vocabulary there is another word that you can call your sweetheart. And if not, you can just flash your mind, as if you are the most sophisticated Russian scholar.