беꙁдъжгьѥ
Old Novgorodian
Alternative forms
- беꙁдъжгиѥ (beźdŭźgije)
Etymology
First attested in the mid 11th century ‒ mid 12th century, and later exactly from 1124. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bezdъždžьje with Old Pskovian reflex *zdj > жг (źg) in comparison with a typical Eastern Old Novgorodian *zdj > ждж (ždž).[1] By surface analysis, беꙁ (beź, “without”) + дъжгь (dŭźgĭ, “rain”) + -ьѥ (-ĭje). Cognate with Old Ruthenian бездожджьє (bezdoždžʹje), Old Church Slavonic бездъждиѥ / ⰱⰵⰸⰴⱏⰶⰴⰻⰵ (bezdŭždije).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: бе‧ꙁдъ‧жгь‧ѥ
Noun
беꙁдъжгьѥ • (beźdŭźgĭje) n
- (Old Pskovian) rainlessness, drought
- да в годину беꙁдожгиꙗ да бы вдалъ на ꙁемлю дождь.
- da v godinu beźdoźgija da by vdalŭ na źemlju doźdĭ.
- let in times of drought, let rain fall on the ground
- оу се же лѣто бꙑс̑ беꙁдожгьѥ
- u śe źe læto byś̑ beźdoźgĭje
- that same summer there was a drought
- беꙁдожгиѥ много ― beźdoźgije mnogo ― a lot of drought
Related terms
Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew- (0 c, 7 e)
References
- ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “§ 2.10”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect][1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 48
Further reading
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бездъждиѥ = бездождиѥ = бездъжгиѥ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 55
- Avanesov, R. I., editor (1988), “бездъжгиѥ см. бездъжиѥ”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 116