жьмьцюжьне

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Old Novgorodian

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Etymology

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First attested in c. 1160‒1180. By surface analysis, *жьмьцюге (*žĭmĭćjuge) +‎ -ьне (-ĭne), probably borrowed from Old East Slavic жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ), жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ). Cognate with Old East Slavic жьньчюжьнъ (žĭnĭčjužĭnŭ), Russian жемчу́жный (žemčúžnyj).

Adjective

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жьмьцюжьне (žĭmĭćjužĭne)

  1. (relational) pearl
  2. pearly
    • c. 1160‒1180, Берестяная грамота № 809 [Birchbark letter no. 809]‎[1], Novgorod:
      … пъвели нѣкъмоу ѿ оуцинѧть … жемецюженѣ окънъ бꙑше стрѣлъкꙑ … и кланѧю ти сѧ
      … pŭveli někŭmu otŭ ućinętĭ … žemećjuženě okŭnŭ byše strělŭky … i klanęju ti sę
      … order someone to make … (some sort of adornments) of pearls reminiscent of arrows … and I thank you.

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Further reading

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