зеґаръ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• зе́ґаръ (zégar), зэ́кгаръ (zégar), зѣ́гаръ (zě́har), зе́гаръ (zéhar), зе́каръ (zékar), зе́геръ (zéher)
• зи́кгаръ (zígar), зы́кгаръ (zýgar), зы́ґаръ (zýgar), дзегарь (dzeharʹ), дзикгаръ (dzigar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Polish zegar, further borrowed from Middle High German seigære.

Noun

зеґаръ • (zegar) m inan (genitive зекгару, related adjective зекгаровый, diminutive зекгарокъ or зекгарекъ)

1. clock

   Synonym: годи́нникъ (hodínnik)

   на зекгару звонокъ невеликій ― na zegaru zvonok nevelikij ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

• зекгармистръ (zegarmistr, “clockmaker”)

Descendants

• Belarusian: зэ́гар (zéhar) (obsolete); зэ́ґар (zégar) (Taraškievica orthography)
• Ukrainian: дзиґа́р (dzygár)

Further reading

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “зекгаръ, зегаръ, зегеръ, зэкгаръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 202
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2004), “зеґаръ, зекгаръ, зекаръ, зикгаръ, зыґаръ, зыкгаръ, дзикгаръ”, 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 214
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “дзегарь, дзигаръ”, 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 207
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “зекгаръ”, 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 319