огурецъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• вгуре́цъ (vhurécʹ)

Etymology

From огуро́къ (ohurók, “cucumber”) +‎ -ець (-ecʹ). Compare Middle Russian огуре́цъ (oguréc), whence modern Russian огуре́ц (oguréc).

Noun

огурецъ or огуре́ць • (ohurecʹ or ohurécʹ) m inan

1. cucumber

Descendants

• Ukrainian: огуре́ць (ohurécʹ)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “огурецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 383