бурштынъ

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Old Ruthenian

буршты́нъ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish bursztyn, further borrowed from Middle Low German bernstein, barnstēn. Cognate with German Bernstein and Serbo-Croatian burstin, burštin, burčan. First attested in the 17th century.

Noun

бурштынъ • (burštyn) m

  1. amber (fossil resin)
    Synonym: єнта́рь (jentárʹ)
    Илектронъ: Бꙋрштынъ, мосіондзъ, или крꙋшецъ зⸯ злота и срѣбра… ― Ilektron: Burštyn, mosiondz, ili krušecʹ z zlota i srěbra… ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Боуршты́нъ бовѣм… колоски, и прошки до сєбє притяга́єтъ ― Burštýn bověm… koloski, i proški do sjebje pritjahájet ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “бурштинъ, бурштынъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 158
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “бурштынъ, бурштинъ, бурстынъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 102
  • The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “бурштынъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 258
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “бруштинъ; бурштынъ”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 70
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