сѣдый

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сѣдъ (sědŭ), from Proto-Slavic *śědъ. Cognate with Russian седо́й (sedój).

Adjective

сѣдый • (sědyj)

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Related terms

(adjectives):

• сѣдивый (sědivyj)

(nouns):

• сѣдивецъ (sědivecʹ)
• сѣдина (sědina)

Descendants

• Carpathian Rusyn: сї́дый (sjídŷj)
• Ukrainian: сіди́й (sidýj)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “седый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 182