жолудь

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Old Ruthenian

жолудь зеленый (sense 1)

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic желѫдь (želǫdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žȅlǫdь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gelandis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-ond⁽ʰ⁾-is, from *gʷelh₂- (acorn). Cognate with Russian жёлудь (žóludʹ), Polish żołądź.

Noun

жолудь (žoludʹm inan

  1. (botany) acorn
    • 1347, Акты, относящіеся къ исторіи Западной Россіи, Т. 1 (1340‒1506), СанктПетербургъ: Тип. II отдѣленія Собственной Е. И. В. Канцеляріи, published 1846, page 19:
      Хто свиньи свои въ чюжый лесъ на жолудъ пускаєть.
      Xto svinʹʲi svoʲi v čjužyj les na žolud puskajetʹ.
      Who lets his pigs into someone else's forest to eat acorns.
    • 1767, Архів Видубицького монастиря (рукописи з бібліотеки монастиря, здебільшого господарські справи XVIII ст.), Київ, інстр.:
      Гдѣ имѣютсѧ лѣси велѣть подданымъ собирать жолуди и оними свини кормить.
      Hdě imějutsja lěsi velětʹ poddanym sobiratʹ žoludi i onimi svini kormitʹ.
      Where the forest grows, he ordered his subjects to collect acorns and feed them to the pigs.

Derived terms

noun

Descendants

  • Belarusian: жо́луд (žólud); жо́лудзь (žóludzʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: жо́лудь (žóludʹ)

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жолудь”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 939
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “жолудъ”, 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 363
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “жолудь, жалудь, жолудъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 48
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “жолудь, жолудъ, желудь, желудъ, жулудъ”, 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 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 176

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жолудь (žoludʹ), from Old East Slavic желѫдь (želǫdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žȅlǫdь.

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Noun

жо́лудь (žóludʹm inan (genitive жо́лудя, nominative plural жо́луді, genitive plural жо́лудів)

  1. (botany) acorn

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