ꙗщъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗ́скъ (jáskŭ), а́скъ (áskŭ), further borrowed from Old Norse askr. Cognate with Polish jaszcz.

Noun

ꙗщъ • (jašč) m inan

1. box

   купили до печенѧ рыбы свежой и до ꙗщу посолили ― kupili do pečenja ryby svežoj i do jašču posolili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• ꙗ́щикъ (jáščik)

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *Heh₃s-‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ящъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 402