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Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vȏrgъ (“enemy, foe”). Doublet of врагъ (vragŭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɔrɔɡʊ/→/ˈʋɔrɔɡʊ/→/ˈʋɔrɔːɡ/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋɔrɔɡʊ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋɔrɔɡʊ/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋɔrɔːɡ/
Noun
ворогъ (vorogŭ) m
- enemy, foe
- Иоанъ, editor (1076), “рога”, in Изборник 1076 года [Izbornik of 1076], page 477 (239), line -5
Гл҃аше старьць· ѥсть ѿ рога простьрто пощениѥ· ибо оученици сего се творѧть· како оубо разоумѣѥмъ бж҃иѥ црьско пощениѥ· […]- Gl:aše starĭcĭ· jestĭ otŭ roga prostĭrto poščenije· ibo učenici sego se tvorętĭ· kako ubo razumějemŭ bž:ije crĭsko poščenije· […]
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- Лаврентеи, editor (1377), “ворогъ”, in Повѣсти времѧньнꙑ лѣ [Laurentian Codex], 11th century, page (leaf) 76, line 5, s.a. 6603 (1095):
[…] се тꙑ не шелъ ѥси с нама на поганꙑꙗ . иже погубили суть землю Русьскую . а се у тобе есть Итларевичь . любо убии любо и даи нама . то есть ворогъ Русьстѣи земли.- […] se ty ne šelŭ jesi s nama na poganyja . iže pogubili sutĭ zemlju Rusĭskuju . a se u tobe estĭ Itlarevičĭ . ljubo ubii ljubo i dai nama . to estĭ vorogŭ Rusĭstěi zemli.
- you did not fight with us against the pagans that destroyed the land of the Rus, while you keep the son of Itlar - either kill him or give him to us, for he is the enemy of Rus.
Declension
Declension of ворогъ (hard o-stem)
Derived terms
- ворожа (voroža, “enchantment”)
- ворожениѥ (voroženije, “augury, enchanting”)
- ворожеꙗ (vorožeja, “enchantress”)
- ворожити (vorožiti, “to augur, enchant”)
Descendants
References
- Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1976), “ворогъ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), numbers 3 (володѣнье – вящьшина), Moscow: Nauka, page 32
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “ворогъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 302
Russian
Noun
во́рогъ • (vórog) m anim (genitive во́рога, nominative plural во́роги, genitive plural во́роговъ)
- Pre-1918 spelling of во́рог (vórog).
Declension