See also: нищий

Old Church Slavonic edit

 
нищь

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *niščь.

Adjective edit

нищь (ništĭ)

  1. poor
    • Mat 19:21, from Codex Marianus, 3182210-3182220:
      въсѣ елико имаши продаждъ и раздаи нищиимъ · и имѣти имаши съкровиште на небесе ·
      vŭsě eliko imaši prodaždŭ i razdai ništiimŭ · i iměti imaši sŭkrovište na nebese ·
      sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven.
    • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
      Вьсѣмъ же нищиимъ добра творꙗаше, нагꙑѩ одѣвааше, лачѫщѧѩ питѣаше, страньнꙑѩ приѥмл҄ꙗаше по еванћельскоу гласоу.
      He would perform good deeds among all the poor, clothe the naked, nourish the hungry, take in strangers according to the word of the evangel.
  2. miserable

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References edit

  • Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti[1], Vienna
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[2], София