достоинъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dostojьnъ.

From до- (do-) +‎ стоинъ (stoinŭ).

Adjective

достоинъ (dostoinŭ)

  1. worthy, deserve
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 181-184:
      аще бо земьнаѥго цѣсарꙗ врагомъ иже бѫдетъ дроугъ то нѣстъ и житию достоинъ нъ съ врагꙑ ѥго оумираѥтъ
      ašte bo zemĭnajego cěsarja vragomŭ iže bǫdetŭ drugŭ to něstŭ i žitiju dostoinŭ nŭ sŭ vragy jego umirajetŭ
      If a man who allies himself to the enemies of an earthly king does not even deserve to live, but is put to death along with them

Declension

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References

  • Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dostojьnъ. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic достоинъ (dostoinŭ).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /dɔˈstɔjɪnʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /dɔˈstɔjɪnʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /dɔˈstɔjin/
  • Hyphenation: до‧сто‧и‧нъ

Adjective

достоинъ (dostoinŭ)

  1. worthy
  2. decent, appropriate

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “достоиныи”, 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 714