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мелодїꙗ

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See also: мелодія and мелодия

Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish melodia, from Medieval Latin melōdia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδῐ́ᾱ (melōidíā), from μέλος (mélos).[1][2] Cognate with Russian мело́дия (melódija).

Noun

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мелодїꙗ • (melodija) f inan (related adjective мелодї́йный)

  1. (music) melody, tune
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Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)mel- (0 c, 1 e)

Descendants

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  • Belarusian: мело́дыя (mjelódyja)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: мело́дія (melódija)
  • Ukrainian: мело́дія (melódija)

References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “мелодія”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 433
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1991), “мело́дыя”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 7 (мгла – не́марасць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, →ISBN, page 12: “ст.-бел. меледия (XVII ст.) ― st.-bjel. mjeljedija (XVII st.)”

Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “меледия”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 316
  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2017), “мелодїя, меліодїя, мелодїа”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 17 (м – моавитѧнка), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 103
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