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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 jemu …
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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

Further reading

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  • шизꙑи (letter no. 735), c. 1140‒1160”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎[2][3] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  • Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[4] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 819