золото

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zȏlto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔlɔtɔ//ˈzɔlɔtɔ//ˈzɔlɔtɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzɔlɔtɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzɔlɔtɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzɔlɔtɔ/

  • Hyphenation: зо́‧ло‧то

Noun

золото (zoloton

  1. 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·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Descendants

  • Belarusian: зо́лата (zólata)
  • Russian: зо́лото (zóloto)
  • Ukrainian: зо́лото (zóloto)

References

  • Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1979), “золото”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 995

Russian

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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.

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Noun

зо́лото (zóloton inan (genitive зо́лота, uncountable, relational adjective золото́й, diminutive зо́лотце, pejorative золоти́шко)

  1. gold (metal)

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Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, 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

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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 (zóloton inan (genitive зо́лота, uncountable, relational adjective золоти́й)

  1. (uncountable) gold (element)

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