стовпъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• столпъ (stolp)

Etymology

From early столпъ (stolp), inherited from Old East Slavic стълпъ (stŭlpŭ), from Proto-Slavic *stъlpъ. Doublet of *стовбъ (*stovb) and ступъ (stup).

Noun

стовпъ • (stovp) m inan

1. post, pole, pillar, column

Descendants

• Belarusian: стоўп (stoŭp)
• Carpathian Rusyn: стовп (stovp)
• Ukrainian: стовп (stovp)
• → Polish: stołp

Further reading

• Zhurawski, A. I., Bulyka, A. M., editors (1982–2017), “столпъ, стовпъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), number 409 (), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, page 32
• Dezső, László (1965) “стовпъ (столпъ)”, in Материалы к словарю закарпатской литературы XVI–XVII вв. [Materials for the Dictionary of Transcarpathian Literature of the 16ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.], microfilm, Budapest, page 346