Old Ruthenian

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хаща (sense 1)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, хащъ (xašč) +‎ (-a). Compare Polish chaszcze.

Noun

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хаща (xaščaf

  1. forest (mostly dense, impassable), thicket
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Further reading

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  • Dydyk-Meush, H. M., Slobodzianyk, O. Z. (2015) “хаща (гаща)”, in Українські краєвиди XVI–XVIII ст. [Ukrainian landscapes of 16ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), Lviv: Kolo, →ISBN, page 334
  • Dezső, László (1996) “хаща”, in Деловая письменность русинов в XVII–XVIII вв. [Rusyn Business Writing in the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ c.] (in Russian), Nyíregyháza: Bessenyei György Tanárképző Főiskola; Ukrán és Ruszin Filológiai Tanszék, page 175

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian хаща (xašča).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈxaʃt͡ʃɐ]
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Noun

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ха́ща (xáščaf inan (genitive ха́щі, nominative plural ха́щі, genitive plural ха́щів)

  1. (often in the plural) a dense forest, a thicket

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