Old East Slavic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From кѫпало (kǫpalo) +‎ -иꙗ (-ija).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kõˈpɑlɪjɑ/, /kõˈpɑlijɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kuˈpalʲɪja/, /kuˈpalʲija/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kuˈpalʲja/, /kuˈpalʲija/
  • Hyphenation: кѫ‧па‧лиꙗ

Noun edit

кѫпалиꙗ (kǫpalijaf

  1. Saint John's Eve
    • 15th century, Hypatian Codex[1]:
      Литва же изъгнаша Єздовъ на каноунъ и Иванѧ дн҃и . на самаѩ коупальѩ
      Litva že izŭgnaša Ezdovŭ na kanunŭ i Ivanę dn:i . na samaję kupalĭję
      And the Lithuanians exhiled Yezdov on the eve of Ivan's day, on the Kupalja itself

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References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кꙋпалиꙗ”, 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1368