цибулꙗ

Old Ruthenian

цибу́лѧ

Alternative forms

• цебу́лꙗ (cebúlja), цыбу́лꙗ (cybúlja)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Polish cebula, further borrowed from Late Latin cepulla, from Latin cepa. First attested in the 15th century.

Noun

цибулꙗ • (cibulja) f inan

1. onion

   Synonym: лукъ (luk)

Derived terms

• Цибулѧ (Cibulja) (Old Ukrainian surname)

Descendants

• Belarusian: цыбу́ля (cybúlja)
• Carpathian Rusyn: цибу́ля (cybúlja)
• Ukrainian: цибу́ля (cybúlja); цебу́ля (cebúlja) (dialectal)
• → Russian: цибу́ля (cibúlja) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*цибуля”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 526
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “цыбуля, цебуля, цибуля”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 254
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “цибуля”, 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 471