Old Church Slavonic edit

Alternative forms edit

Adverb edit

егда (egda)

  1. when
    • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesi 4.12:
      І҆ е҆гда̀ дѣ́лае҆ши зе́млю не приложит̑ си́лы свое҆́ѧ да́ти тебѣ̀,...
      When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength;

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *jegda. Akin to Old Church Slavonic егда (egda).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /jɛˈɡdɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /jɛˈɡda/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /jɛˈɡda/
  • Hyphenation: е‧гда

Adverb edit

егда (egda)

  1. when, if
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 2:
      ѥгда чьтеши книгꙑ· не тъштисѧ бърꙁо иштисти до дроугыꙗ главиꙁнꙑ·
      jegda čĭteši knigy· ne tŭštisę bŭrzo ištisti do drugyja glavizny·
      when you read books, don't strive to quickly read on to the following chapter.

Descendants edit

  • Old Ruthenian: єгда́ (jehdá)
  • Russian: егда́ (jegdá) (archaic)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “егда”, 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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 807