леопардъ

Old Ruthenian

леопа́рдъ

Alternative forms

• лεѡпа́рдъ (lεopárd)
• лꙗмпа́ртъ (ljampárt), лемпа́ртъ (lempárt)

Etymology

Originally borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лєопардъ (leopardŭ), later reinforced by German Leopard, ultimately from Late Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos). Doublet of лꙗмпа́ртъ (ljampárt).

Noun

леопардъ • (leopard) m animal

1. leopard (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

Descendants

• Belarusian: леапа́рд (ljeapárd)
• Carpathian Rusyn: леопа́рд (leopárd)
• Ukrainian: леопа́рд (leopárd)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “леопардъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 353
• Chikalo, M. I., editor (2013), “леопардъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 16 (легкомыслность – лѧчи), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 21
• Chikalo, M. I., editor (2013), “лемпартъ, лямпарт”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 16 (легкомыслность – лѧчи), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 19