Хърсъ

Old East Slavic

Хърсъ на кони.

Alternative forms

• Хорсъ (Xorsŭ), Хръсъ (Xrŭsŭ), Хъросъ (Xŭrosŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *Xъrsъ.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈxʊrsʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈxʊrsʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈxɔrs/
• Hyphenation: Хъ‧рсъ

Proper noun

Хърсъ (Xŭrsŭ) n

1. (Slavic mythology) Khors (Slavic god of the Moon)
   • p. 1185, The Tale of Igor's Campaign, Aleksei Musin-Pushkin, published 1800:

     Вьсеславъ кънязь судяше, кънязьмь грады ⟨городы⟩ рядяше, а самъ въ ночь вълкъмь рискаше: ис Кыева дорискаше до куръ Тъмутороканя, великому Хърсови вълкъмь путь прѣрискаше ⟨пере-⟩.

     Vĭseslavŭ kŭnjazĭ sudjaše, kŭnjazĭmĭ grady ⟨gorody⟩ rjadjaše, a samŭ vŭ nočĭ vŭlkŭmĭ riskaše: is Kyeva doriskaše do kurŭ Tŭmutorokanja, velikomu Xŭrsovi vŭlkŭmĭ putĭ prěriskaše ⟨pere-⟩.

     Prince Vseslav was a judge for his subjects, he distributed cities among princes, but by night he ran like a wolf, from Kiev he ran to Tmutorokan, before the cock crowed, as a wolf he ran along the road of the great Khors.

   • a. 1200, Descent of the Virgin into Hell‎^[1], quoted in Древніе Памятники Русскаго Письма и Языка, I. I. Sreznevsky, published 1863, page 205:

     то сетьнѣѥ и члв҃чьска ^імена та оутриꙗ Троꙗна Хърса Велеса Пероуна

     to setĭněje i člv:čĭska ⁱmena ta utrija Trojana Xŭrsa Velesa Peruna

     And having done that [they gave them] human names the next day - Troyan, Khors, Veles, Perun

   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[2], page 48:

     и постави кумирꙑ на холму. внѣ двора теремнаго. перуна древѧна. а главу его сребрену. а оусъ ꙁлатъ. и хърса дажьб҃а. и стриб҃а. и симарьгла. и мокошь

     i postavi kumiry na xolmu. vně dvora teremnago. peruna drevęna. a glavu ego srebrenu. a usŭ zlatŭ. i xŭrsa dažĭb:a. i strib:a. i simarĭgla. i mokošĭ

     and he put idols on the hill, outside the palace, a wooden Perun and his silver head and a golden head. and Khors, Dazhbog and Stribog and Simargl and Mokosh

   1. → a male given name

Declension

Declension of Хърсъ (u-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Хърсъ Xŭrsŭ	— —	— —
Genitive	Хърсу, Хърса Xŭrsu, Xŭrsa	— —	— —
Dative	Хърсови, Хърсу Xŭrsovi, Xŭrsu	— —	— —
Accusative	Хърсъ, Хърса Xŭrsŭ, Xŭrsa	— —	— —
Instrumental	Хърсъмь Xŭrsŭmĭ	— —	— —
Locative	Хърсу Xŭrsu	— —	— —
Vocative	Хърсу Xŭrsu	— —	— —

Descendants

Descendants of Хърсъ in other languages

• → Belarusian: Хорс (Xors) (learned)
• → Bulgarian: Хърс (Hǎrs) (learned)
• → Czech: Chors (learned)
• → Kashubian: Chors (learned)
• → Macedonian: Хорс (Hors) (learned)
• → Polish: Chors (learned)
• → Russian: Хорс (Xors) (learned)
• → Serbo-Croatian: (learned)

  Cyrillic script: Хорс

  Latin script: Hors

• → Slovak: Chors (learned)
• → Slovene: Chors (learned)
• → Ukrainian: Хорс (Xors) (learned)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “Хърсъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[3] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1425