Old Ruthenian edit

Etymology edit

From сѣно (sěno, hay) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ жати (žati, to reap) +‎ ()

Noun edit

сѣножать (sěnožatʹf inan

  1. hayfield

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: сенажа́ць (sjenažácʹ)
  • Ukrainian: сіно́жа́ть (sinóžátʹ)

Further reading edit

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “сѣножать, сеножат”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 412
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “сеножать”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 214