ꙗко

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See also: яко and ако

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

Conjunction

ꙗко • (jako)

  1. if
  2. that
    • 10th c., Codex Marianus, John 11:22:
      нъ ꙇ҅ нꙑнѣ вѣмъ · ѣко егоже колижъдо просиши ꙋ б꙯а дастъ тебѣ б꙯ъ ·
      nhŭ i nyně věmŭ · jěko egože koližŭdo prosiši u b:a dastŭ tebě b:ŭ ·
      But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.
  3. because, for
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 224.5, line 4:
      ꙁемь҆ꙗ о̑убоꙗ҅ сꙙ и҅ о̑умльча · ꙗ҅ко богъ пльтиѭ̑ о̑усь҆пе ·
      zemĭja ȏubojha shę i ȏumlĭča · jhako bogŭ plĭtijǫ̑ ȏusĭpe ·
      The earth grew frightened and fell silent, for God fell asleep in the flesh.

Adverb

ꙗко • (jako)

  1. how

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic ꙗко (jako).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑkɔ/→/ˈjakɔ/→/ˈjakɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɑkɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjakɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjakɔ/

  • Hyphenation: ꙗ‧ко

Adverb

ꙗко (jako)

  1. how?
  2. how, like
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 4:
      и ꙗко же плѣньникомъ оумъ стоить оу родитель своихъ.
      i jako že plěnĭnikomŭ umŭ stoitĭ u roditelĭ svoixŭ.
      And just like to prisoners the thought is directed to their own parents.

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: ꙗкъ (jak), ꙗко (jako)
  • Russian: (archaic) яко (jako)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ꙗко”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ ‎ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1652
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