моцъ

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Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1436–1455. Borrowed from Old Polish moc, from Proto-Slavic *mȍťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰtis, from *megʰ-.[1]

Doublet of мочъ (moč), inherited from Proto-Slavic and мощъ (mošč), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

моцъ (mocʹf inan (related adjective моцный)

  1. power, strength, might

Descendants

  • Belarusian: моц (moc)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: муць (mucʹ)
  • Ukrainian: міць (micʹ); моц (moc) (obsolete)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “міць”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 487:ст. моцъ (1436, 1455, 1462)st. moc (1436, 1455, 1462)

Further reading

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “моц”, 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 615
  • Dezső, László (1996) “моць”, in Деловая письменность русинов в XVII–XVIII вв. [Rusyn Business Writing in the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ c.] (in Russian), Nyíregyháza: Bessenyei György Tanárképző Főiskola; Ukrán és Ruszin Filológiai Tanszék, page 89
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “моцъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 187
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “моцъ”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 437