коркодилъ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• коркоділъ (korkodilŭ), каркодилъ (karkodilŭ), коркодиⷧ҇ (korkodil)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορκόδιλος (korkódilos), κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrkɔˈdilʊ/→/kɔrkɔˈdʲilʊ/→/kɔrkɔˈdʲil/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /kɔrkɔˈdilʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /kɔrkɔˈdʲilʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /kɔrkɔˈdʲil/

• Hyphenation: ко‧рко‧ди́‧лъ

Noun

коркодилъ (korkodilŭ) m

1. crocodile

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: коркоди́лъ (korkodíl), коркоде́лъ (korkodél)
• Middle Russian: коркоди́лъ (korkodíl), коркодѣ́лъ (korkodě́l)
  • Russian: коркоди́л (korkodíl) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “коркодилъ”, 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 1288
• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1991), “коркодилъ”, 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 4 (изживати – молениѥ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 267
• Filin, F. P., editor (1980), “коркодилъ (коркодѣлъ)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 7 (к – крагуярь), Moscow: Nauka, page 315

Old Ruthenian

коркоди́лъ

Alternative forms

• коркоде́лъ (korkodél)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic коркодилъ (korkodilŭ), borrowed from Ancient Greek κορκόδιλος (korkódilos), κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). Doublet of крокоди́лъ (krokodíl).

Noun

коркодилъ • (korkodil) m animal (related adjective коркоди́ловый)

1. crocodile

   Synonym: крокоди́лъ (krokodíl)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “коркодилъ, коркоделъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 162