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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
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Noun
мотꙑла • (motyla) f
- dung
- excrement
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 228-229:
свиниꙗ бо бисьра обиноуѥтъ сѧ а мотꙑла беретъ- svinija bo bisĭra obinujetŭ sę a motyla beretŭ
- The pig turns from the pearl to gather excrement
Declension
References
- “мотꙑла”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
- Havlová, E., Erhart, A., Janyšková, I., editors (1989–2022), “motyla”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského (in Czech), numbers 1–21, Prague, Brno: Academia; Tribun EU, page 494