цедръ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

First attested in the early 16th century. Borrowed from Old Polish cedr (whence modern Polish cedr), from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros). Doublet of кедръ (kedr).

Noun

цедръ • (cedr) m inan (related adjective цедровый)

2. (botany) cedar (coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus)

   Synonyms: кедръ (kedr), лива́нское де́рево (livánskoje dérevo), лива́ново де́рево (livánovo dérevo)

   цедръ ливанскїй ― cedr livanskij ― Lebanon cedar

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “цедръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 213