Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

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From глекъ (hlek) +‎ -окъ (-ok).

Noun

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глечокъ (hlečokm inan

  1. diminutive of глекъ (hlek, jug, pitcher, jar)
    Synonyms: глꙗчокъ (hljačok), гле́чикъ (hléčik)

Descendants

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  • Belarusian: глечок (hlječók)
  • Ukrainian: глечок (hlečok) (dialectal)

Further reading

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  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “глечикъ, глечокъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 527
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1985), “глечокъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 6 (выостреный – глядати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 292