What is remembered when the word "evening"? Probably, Pushkin’s lines “Evening, you remember, the blizzard was angry, it was wandering in a cloudy sky ...” Maybe this word leads us to the village, to the old days.
The question of what an evening can be answered briefly. Although in different dialects the meaning may vary. For example, for some people an evening is the same as last night. In others, just “yesterday.” In some areas, evening means “in the evening”: “Come evening, beloved, take a peg and warm it.” As you can see from the example, we are not talking about the past evening, but about the upcoming one.
Etymology of the word "evening"
Many are interested in learning more about this word. What word does it come from? Of course, from the noun “evening”, in which it was transferred to Fr. The very word "evening" is an adverb, as are the words "yesterday", "today."
Perhaps a deeper look into the pedigree of the word "evening"? You can try to do this, but it is difficult to find the founder of this word, it is very universal, both the Latin vesper and the Lithuanian vãkaras are consonant with it. What word appeared earlier is difficult to establish.
And some scholars bring this noun closer to the word "eyelid", in their understanding of the evening - "closing eyelids." Is the adverb “yesterday” related to the noun “evening”? According to scientists, yes.
In Slavic languages, it has been found since the 11th century, and in the form of an “evening”. In Old Russian, such was the form of instrumental case from the word "evening." In modern Russian, a short vowel is gone over time. By the way, the word "tomorrow" in its origin is associated with the morning. Tomorrow is “morning” - that is, “after the coming morning.”
Familiar Archaism
Evening is archaism. Archaisms are characterized by the fact that they denote concepts that exist in our days, however, we no longer use the words themselves and can only meet them on the pages of books of past centuries. Those words, together with which the objects or concepts themselves (measures of money, administrative units), are called historicisms. For example, caftan, peep, altyn. Few people today will say “evening”, but, thanks to Pushkin’s poems, this word is familiar and dear to many of us.