станцїꙗ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• ста́нцыꙗ (stáncyja)

Etymology

First attested in 1494. From ста́цїꙗ (stácija) under influence of станъ (stan).

Noun

ста́нцїꙗ • (stáncija) f inan

1. a place of standing; station
2. funds for the maintenance of traveling officials, as well as the prince's court and army

Descendants

• Belarusian: ста́нцыя (stáncyja); (dialectal) ста́нцая (stáncaja), ста́нца (stánca), ста́нця (stáncja)
• Ukrainian: ста́нція (stáncija)
• →? Russian: ста́нция (stáncija) (or from Middle Polish) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “станция, станцыя”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 323
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “станція”, 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 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 360