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Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zȏlto.
Pronunciation
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzɔlɔtɔ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzɔlɔtɔ/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzɔlɔtɔ/
- Hyphenation: зо́‧ло‧то
Noun
золото (zoloto) n
- gold
- Иоанъ, editor (1076), “золотьмь”, in Изборник 1076 года [Izbornik of 1076], page 541 (271), line 1
[…] и придосте къ стоборию золотьмь покръвеноу· и полаты зѣло славьны и красьны· и зьрѧштю созоменоу тамо·- […] i pridoste kŭ stoboriju zolotĭmĭ pokrŭvenu· i polaty zělo slavĭny i krasĭny· i zĭręštju sozomenu tamo·
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Declension
Declension of золото (hard o-stem)
Descendants
References
- Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1979), “золото”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), numbers 6 (зипунъ – иянуарий), Moscow: Nauka, page 57
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “золото”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 995
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic золото (zoloto), from Proto-Slavic *zolto, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰolh₃tom (o-grade), from *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Doublet of зла́то (zláto), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato).
Compare Ukrainian золото (zoloto), Belarusian золата (zólata), Bulgarian and Macedonian злато (zlato), Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Slovak zlato, Polish, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, and Upper Sorbian złoto, Polabian zlåtă.
Pronunciation
Noun
зо́лото • (zóloto) n inan (genitive зо́лота, uncountable, relational adjective золото́й, diminutive зо́лотце, pejorative золоти́шко)
- gold (metal)
Declension
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singular
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nominative
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зо́лото zóloto
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genitive
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зо́лота zólota
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dative
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зо́лоту zólotu
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accusative
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зо́лото zóloto
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instrumental
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зо́лотом zólotom
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prepositional
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зо́лоте zólote
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singular
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nominative
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зо́лото zóloto
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genitive
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зо́лота zólota
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dative
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зо́лоту zólotu
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accusative
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зо́лото zóloto
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instrumental
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зо́лотомъ zólotom
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prepositional
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зо́лотѣ zólotě
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Synonyms
- (scientific): а́урум (áurum)
- (archaic, poetic): зла́то (zláto)
Derived terms
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 547
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “золото”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “золото”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 328
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic золото (zoloto), from Proto-Slavic *zolto, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰolh₃tom (o-grade), from *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
зо́лото • (zóloto) n inan (genitive зо́лота, uncountable, relational adjective золоти́й)
- (uncountable) gold (element)
Declension
Declension of зо́лото (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)
References