ⱅⱔⰶⱏⰽⱏ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Cyrillic): тѧжъкъ (tęžŭkŭ)

Etymology

Later form of ⱅⱔⰶⱐⰽⱏ (tęžĭkŭ) with the ⱐ (ĭ) misspelled by the scribe.

Adjective

ⱅⱔⰶⱏⰽⱏ • (tęžŭkŭ)

1. heavy
   • Codex Marianus, Mt, 23:4

     ⱄⱏⰱⰻⱃⰰⱙⱅⱏ ⰶⰵ ⰱⱃⱑⰿⰵⱀⰰ ⱅⱔⰶⱏⰽⰰ ⰻ ⱀⰵ ⱆⰴⱁⰱⱐ ⱀⱁⱄⰻⰿⰰ ·ⰺ ⰲⱏⰸⰾⰰⰳⰰⱙⱅⱏ ⱀⰰ ⱂⰾⰵⱎⱅⰰ ⱍ҃ⰾⰲⱄⰽⰰ ·ⰰ ⱂⱃⱏⱄⱅⱁⰿⱐ ⱄⰲⱁⰻⰿⱐ ⱀⰵ ⱈⱁⱅⱔⱅⱏ ⰴⰲⰻⰳⱀⱘⱅⰻ ⰻⱈⱏ ·

     sŭbirajǫtŭ že brěmena tęžŭka i ne udobĭ nosima ·i vŭzlagajǫtŭ na plešta č:lvska ·a prŭstomĭ svoimĭ ne xotętŭ dvignǫti ixŭ ·

     They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

2. difficult

References

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “тѧжькъ”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 717