хлакъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolkъ,[1] of unclear origin. Sometimes compared with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (halks, “vain, futile”), which is dismissed by Lehmann.

Adjective

хлакъ • (xlakŭ)

  1. unmarried

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xolkъjъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 61

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