Old Church Slavonic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ.

Adjective edit

тѧжькъ (tęžĭkŭ)

  1. heavy
    • Codex Marianus, Mt, 23:4
      събираѭтъ же брѣмена тѧжъка и не оудобь носима ·і въꙁлагаѭтъ на плешта ч҃лвска ·а пръстомь своимь не хотѧтъ двигнѫти ихъ ·
      sŭbirajǫtŭ že brěmena tęžŭka i ne udobĭ nosima ·i vŭzlagajǫtŭ na plešta č:lvska ·a prŭstomĭ svoimĭ ne xotętŭ dvignǫti ixŭ ·
      They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
  2. difficult

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Bulgarian: те́жък (téžǎk)
  • Macedonian: те́жок (téžok)

References edit

  • Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 717
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[1], София

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ.

Adjective edit

тѧжькъ (tęžĭkŭ)

  1. heavy

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “тѧжькꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1103