быкъ

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Old Ruthenian

1. быкъ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic бꙑкъ (bykŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bỹkъ. Cognate with Russian бык (byk).

Noun

быкъ (bykm

  1. bull
  2. (astronomy) Taurus

Descendants

  • Belarusian: бык (byk)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: бык (bŷk)
  • Ukrainian: бик (byk)

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “бикъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 89
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “быкъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 161
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*быкъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 137
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “быкъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 111
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    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “быкъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 270

Russian

Noun

быкъ (bykm anim or m inan (genitive быка́, nominative plural быки́, genitive plural быко́въ, relational adjective бы́чій, diminutive бычо́къ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of бык (byk).

Declension