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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic желѫдь (želǫdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žȅlǫdь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gelandis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-ond⁽ʰ⁾-is, from *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”). Cognate with Russian жёлудь (žóludʹ), Polish żołądź.
Noun
жолудь • (žoludʹ) m inan
- (botany) acorn
1347, Акты, относящіеся къ исторіи Западной Россіи, Т. 1 (1340‒1506), СанктПетербургъ: Тип. II отдѣленія Собственной Е. И. В. Канцеляріи, published 1846, page 19:Хто свиньи свои въ чюжый лесъ на жолудъ пускаєть.- Xto svinʹi svoi v čjužyj les na žolud puskajetʹ.
- Who lets his pigs into someone else's forest to eat acorns.
1767, Архів Видубицького монастиря (рукописи з бібліотеки монастиря, здебільшого господарські справи XVIII ст.), Київ, інстр.:Гдѣ имѣютсѧ лѣси велѣть подданымъ собирать жолуди и оними свини кормить.- Hdě imějutsja lěsi velětʹ poddanym sobiratʹ žoludi i onimi svini kormitʹ.
- Where the forest grows, he ordered his subjects to collect acorns and feed them to the pigs.
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Descendants
Further reading
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жолудь”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 939
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “жолудъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 363
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “жолудь, жалудь, жолудъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 48
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “жолудь, жолудъ, желудь, желудъ, жулудъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: , →ISBN, page 176
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian жолудь (žoludʹ), from Old East Slavic желѫдь (želǫdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žȅlǫdь.
Pronunciation
Noun
жо́лудь • (žóludʹ) m inan (genitive жо́лудя, nominative plural жо́луді, genitive plural жо́лудів)
- (botany) acorn
Declension
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жолудь”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “жолудь”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN