жужелица

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Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жужелица (žuželica), from Proto-Slavic *žuželica, from *žùžeľь.

Noun

жужелица (žuželicaf animal

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nouns

Descendants

  • Belarusian: жужалі́ца (žužalíca) (obsolete)
  • Ukrainian: жу́желиця (žúželycja)

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жужелиця; жужель”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 942
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “жужелица, жюжелица”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 55
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “жужелица”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 181