поустꙑни

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Old Church Slavonic

поустꙑн҄и

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pustyni, morphologically equivalent to поустъ (pustŭ) +‎ -ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi).

Noun

поустꙑн҄и (pustynʹif

  1. wilderness, desert
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2124-2127:
      мъноѕи бо въ поустꙑни и въ горахъ мирьскаꙗ мꙑслѧще погꙑбошѧ и мъноѕи въ градѣхъ и съ женами живѫще съпасошѧ сѧ
      mŭnodzi bo vŭ pustyni i vŭ goraxŭ mirĭskaja myslęšte pogybošę i mŭnodzi vŭ graděxŭ i sŭ ženami živǫšte sŭpasošę sę
      Many in worldly deserts and mountains perished whilst thinking and many saved themselves in cities with their wives.

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References

  • Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 557
  • Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София