желвъ

Old Ruthenian

желвъ (sense 1)

желвъ (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• жолвъ (žolv)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic желъвь (želŭvĭ), желꙑ (žely), from Proto-Slavic *želỳ. Cognate with Russian желвь (želvʹ), Polish żółw, Ancient Greek χέλῡς (khélūs). Doublet of жулвъ (žulv).

Noun

желвъ • (želv) f animal or m animal

2. tortoise, turtle

   Synonyms: черепаха (čerepaxa), желва (želva)

4. mollusk shell, seashell

   желвъ морскїй ― želv morskij ― sea shell

Derived terms

adjectives

• желвовый (želvovyj)
• желвый (želvyj)

 

Related terms

nouns

• желва (želva)

 

Descendants

• Ukrainian: желв (želv) (dialectal, obsolete)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “желвъ, жолвъ, жулвъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 139
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “жолвъ, желвъ, жулвъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 44
• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жолвія, жолвъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 937
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “жолвъ”, 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 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 253