стацїꙗ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• ста́цыꙗ (stácyja), ста́цеꙗ (stáceja)
• ста́нцїꙗ (stáncija), ста́нцыꙗ (stáncyja) — with inserted -n-

Etymology

First attested in 1457. Borrowed from Old Polish stacyja, from Latin statiō.

Noun

ста́цїꙗ • (stácija) f inan

1. funds for the maintenance of traveling officials, as well as the prince's court and army

Derived terms

adjectives

• стаце́йный (stacéjnyj)

 

Descendants

• Belarusian: (dialectal) ста́цыя (stácyja)
• Carpathian Rusyn: ста́ція (stácija), шта́ція (štácija)
• Ukrainian: ста́ція (stácija)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “стация, стацея, стацыя”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 366
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “стацея”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 362