Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From рѣснъ (rěsnŭ) +‎ -ота (-ota), related to *ręsa.

Noun

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рѣснота (rěsnotaf

  1. reality, truth
    • from the Psalterium Sinaiticum 118, 30:
      пѫть неправъдꙑ отъстави отъ мене... пѫть рѣснотꙑ изволихъ
      pǫtĭ nepravŭdy otŭstavi otŭ mene... pǫtĭ rěsnoty izvolixŭ
      The path untruthful remove out of me... The path of truth I've chosen.

Declension

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References

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  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[1], София
  • Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 587