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шиꙁе

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Old Novgorodian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sìzъ. The initial ш- (ś-) represents Old Pskovian hypergrammatism.[1] Cognate with Old East Slavic сизъ (sizŭ) and Russian си́зый (sízyj).

Adjective

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шиꙁе (śiźe)

  1. (Old Pskovian) dove-coloured, warm grey, bluish
    • c. 1140‒1160, Берестяная грамота № 735 [Birchbark letter no. 735]‎[1], Novgorod:
      … въдаи паробъкоу семоу конь полоубоуивъ же шизꙑи и сътворѧ добрѣ помоги емоу …
      … vŭdai parobŭku semu konĭ polubuivŭ že šizyi i sŭtvorę dobrě pomogi emu …
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Old East Slavic: шизъ (šizŭ)

References

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1972) “си́зый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 619

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