зефиръ

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Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζέφυρος (zéphuros); see Ζέφῠρος (Zéphuros) for further etymology. Cognate with Russian зефи́р (zefír).

Noun

зефиръ • (zefir) m

  1. zephyr (а light wind from the west)
    зефиръ тиховѣючіи и неѡтмѣнный оучинилъ… ― zefir tixovějučij i neotměnnyj učinil… ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: зефі́р (zjefír); зэфі́р (zefír) (Taraškievica orthography)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: зафі́р (zafír)
  • Ukrainian: зефі́р (zefír)

Further reading

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2004), “зефиръ, зефѣръ, зеѳиръ”, 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 11 (затраченє – злечитисѧ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 237
  • The template Template:R:zle-obe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “зефиръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 231
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