Old Ruthenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic *волосьѥ (*volosĭje), from Proto-Slavic *volsьje, from *vȏlsъ.[1][2] By surface analysis, во́лосъ (vólos) +‎ -ье (-ʹje). Cognate with Middle Russian волосье (volosʹje), attested in the 17th century.

Noun edit

волосье (volosʹjen inan

  1. (uncountable) hair

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: вало́ссе (valóssje)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: воло́ся (volósja)
  • Ukrainian: воло́сся (volóssja)

References edit

  1. ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “во́лос”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 469:MUk. волосье (XVII-XVIII c.)
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вало́ссе”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 43

Further reading edit

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “волосье”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 300
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “волосье, волосие”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 145
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “волося, волосє, волосье”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 211
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “волосье”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 112