Old Ruthenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic *звѣрѧ́ (*zvěrę́), from Proto-Slavic *zvě̄rę̀. By surface analysis, звѣръ (zvěr) +‎ (-ja). Cognate with Czech zvíře, Old Polish źwirzę and Polish zwierzę.

Noun edit

звѣрѧ (zvěrjan (genitive звѣрѧты, nominative plural звѣрѧта, genitive plural звѣрѧтъ, related adjective звѣрѧчїй, diminutive звѣрѧтко)

  1. animal, beast
    …из ловищи з малыми и з вєликими звєрѧты…iz lovišči z malymi i z vjelikimi zvjerjaty…from the hunt with small and with big animals
  2. creature
    …тож и мы, иж инша звѣрѧта розоумом и смыслом проходимо……tož i my, iž inša zvěrjata rozumom i smyslom proxodimo……so we too, which best other creatures with intellect and reason…

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Ukrainian: звіря́ (zvirjá)

Further reading edit

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*звѣрѧ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 391
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2004), “звѣря, звѣрѧ, звера, зверѧ”, 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 11 (затраченє – злечитисѧ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 139
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    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “зверя, звира”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 83
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “звѣря”, 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 310