тѧжькъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⱅⱔⰶⱐⰽⱏ (tęžĭkŭ)
• (misspelling): тѧжъкъ (tęžŭkŭ)
• (misspelling): тѣжькъ (těžĭkŭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ.

Adjective

тѧжькъ • (tęžĭkŭ)

1. heavy
   • Codex Marianus, Mt, 23:4

     събираѭтъ же брѣмена тѧжъка и не оудобь носима ·і въꙁлагаѭтъ на плешта ч҃лвска ·а пръстомь своимь не хотѧтъ двигнѫти ихъ ·

     sŭbirajǫtŭ že brěmena tęžŭka i ne udobĭ nosima ·i vŭzlagajǫtŭ na plešta č:lvska ·a prŭstomĭ svoimĭ ne xotętŭ dvignǫti ixŭ ·

     They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

2. difficult

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

• Bulgarian: те́жък (téžǎk)
• Macedonian: те́жок (téžok)

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 717
• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ.

Adjective

тѧжькъ (tęžĭkŭ)

1. heavy

Descendants

• Belarusian: цяжкі́ (cjažkí)
• Russian: тя́жкий (tjážkij)
• Carpathian Rusyn: тяжкы́й (tjažkŷ́j)
• Ukrainian: тяжки́й (tjažkýj)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “тѧжькꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1103