жьньчюгъ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

жьньчугъ (žĭnĭčugŭ), жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ), жьмьчугъ (žĭmĭčugŭ)
женчюгъ (ženčjugŭ), женчугъ (ženčugŭ), жемчюгъ (žemčjugŭ), жемчугъ (žemčugŭ), жомчюгъ (žomčjugŭ), жомчугъ (žomčugŭ) — (Later forms)

Etymology

First attested in 1161. Borrowed from Bulgar *ǯinǯüɣä (dat. sg.), *ǯinǯü (nom. sg.), from Proto-Common Turkic *yinǯü, ultimately from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (trin tsyu), 真珠 (tsyin tsyu, “true pearls”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Doublet of инчи (inči).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʑɪnɪt͡ɕuɡʊ/→/ˈʑɪnʲɪt͡ɕuɡʊ/→/ˈʑɛnʲt͡ɕuɡ/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈʑɪnɪt͡ɕuɡʊ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈʑɪnʲɪt͡ɕuɡʊ/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈʑɛnʲt͡ɕuɡ/

Hyphenation: жь‧нь‧чю‧гъ

Noun

жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ) m

pearl
Synonym: инчи (inči)

Declension

Declension of жьньчюгъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	жьньчюгъ žĭnĭčjugŭ	жьньчюга žĭnĭčjuga	жьньчюзи žĭnĭčjuzi
genitive	жьньчюга žĭnĭčjuga	жьньчюгу žĭnĭčjugu	жьньчюгъ žĭnĭčjugŭ
dative	жьньчюгу žĭnĭčjugu	жьньчюгома žĭnĭčjugoma	жьньчюгомъ žĭnĭčjugomŭ
accusative	жьньчюгъ žĭnĭčjugŭ	жьньчюга žĭnĭčjuga	жьньчюгꙑ žĭnĭčjugy
instrumental	жьньчюгъмь žĭnĭčjugŭmĭ	жьньчюгома žĭnĭčjugoma	жьньчюгꙑ žĭnĭčjugy
locative	жьньчюзѣ žĭnĭčjuzě	жьньчюгу žĭnĭčjugu	жьньчюзѣхъ žĭnĭčjuzěxŭ
vocative	жьньчюже žĭnĭčjuže	жьньчюга žĭnĭčjuga	жьньчюзи žĭnĭčjuzi

Derived terms

жьньчюжьнъ (žĭnĭčjužĭnŭ)

Descendants

Middle Russian: же́мчугъ (žémčug), же́мчюгъ (žémčjug)
- Russian: же́мчуг (žémčug), (dialectal) зе́мчуг (zémčug) (see there for further descendants)
Old Ruthenian: же́мчугъ (žémčuh), же́нчугъ (žénčuh), же́мчюгъ (žémčjuh), же́нчюгъ (žénčjuh)
- Belarusian: жэ́мчуг (žémčuh)
- Ukrainian: же́мчуг (žémčuh), (dialectal) же́нчуг (žénčuh)
→ Old Lithuanian:
- Lithuanian: žemčiūgas, žemčiūga

References

^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “же́мчуг”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 284
^ Vasmer, Max (1967) “же́мчуг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 46
^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “же́мчуг”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 298
^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “жемчуг”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 267
^ Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1910–1914) “же́мчугъ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – О), numbers 1–9, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 227
^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жемчуг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 192
^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “же́мчуг”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 363
^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жэ́мчуг”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 270

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жемчꙋгъ = женьчюгъ = женчꙋгъ = жомчꙋгъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 855
Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “жемчоугъ”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 244
Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “женчоугъ”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248
Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1978), “жемчугъ (жьнчюгъ)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 5 (е – зинутие), Moscow: Nauka, page 86

[1] Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “же́мчуг”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 284

[2] Vasmer, Max (1967) “же́мчуг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 46

[3] Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “же́мчуг”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 298

[4] Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “жемчуг”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 267

[5] Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1910–1914) “же́мчугъ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – О), numbers 1–9, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 227

[6] Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жемчуг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 192

[7] Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “же́мчуг”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 363

[8] Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жэ́мчуг”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 270

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