ꙗдъ

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See also: адъ and ꙗдь

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ědъ, most likely from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-u-, an extension of Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (to eat).

Noun

ꙗдъ (jadŭm

  1. poison
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1194-1198:
      тако и еретици покрꙑваѭтъ лицемѣрьнꙑимь съмирениѥмь и постомь ꙗдъ свои
      tako i eretici pokryvajǫtŭ liceměrĭnyimĭ sŭmirenijemĭ i postomĭ jadŭ svoi
      so heretics cloak their poison under hypocritical humility and fasts

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: яд (jad)
  • Macedonian: јад (jad)
  • Serbo-Croatian: јад, Serbo-Croatian: јед

Further reading

  • Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd
  • ꙗдъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024