слонъ

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Old Ruthenian

слонъ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic слонъ (slonŭ), from Proto-Slavic *slȍnъ. Cognate with Russian слон (slon), Old Church Slavonic слонь (slonĭ).

Noun

слонъ (slonm animal (related adjective слоновый)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: елефа́нтъ (elefánt)
    ꙗко река дивнаѧ мелⸯка, по неи же агⸯнець брести можеть а глꙋбока слонъ ꙋбо пливати муситьjako reka divnaja melka, po nei že ahnecʹ bresti možetʹ a hluboka slon ubo plivati musitʹ(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: слон (slon)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: слон (slon)
  • Ukrainian: слон (slon); слін (slin) (archaic)

Further reading

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “слонъ, слонь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 436
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “слонь”, 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 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 331