ꙁадьница

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Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zadьnica, from *zadъ. By surface analysis, ꙁаде (zade) +‎ -ьне (-ĭne) +‎ -ица (-ića). First attested in c. 1075‒1100.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ꙁа‧дь‧ни‧ца

Noun

ꙁадьница (zadĭnićaf[1]

  1. inheritance
    • c. 1075‒1100, Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 607/562 [Birchbark letter no. 607/562]‎, Novgorod:
      а за ним[и и] з[а]дьницѧ
      a za nim[i i] z[a]dĭnićę
      And they have (his) inheritance as well.
    • c. 1260‒1280, Берестяная грамота № 198 [Birchbark letter no. 198]‎, Novgorod:
      сь возѧло есмь у храрѧ задницю шибьньцьву
      sĭ vozęlo esmĭ u xrarę zadnićju šibĭnĭćĭvu
      So I took the inheritance of Shibenets from Khrarya.

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 740

Further reading

  • ꙁадьница”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2024