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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic *волосьѥ (*volosĭje), from Proto-Slavic *volsьje, from *vȏlsъ. By surface analysis, во́лосъ (vólos) + -ье (-ʹje). Cognate with Middle Russian волосье (volosʹje), attested in the 17th century.
Noun
волосьє • (volosʹje) n inan
- (uncountable) hair
Descendants
References
- ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “во́лос”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 469: “MUk. волосье (XVII-XVIII c.)”
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вало́ссе”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 43
Further reading
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “волосье”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 300
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “волосье, волосие”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 145
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “волося, волосє, волосье”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: , →ISBN, page 211
- Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “волосье”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 112