ꙗструбъ

Old Ruthenian

ꙗ́струбъ

Alternative forms

• ꙗ́стробъ (jástrob), ꙗ́стрꙋбъ (jástrub)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *ꙗ́стрѫбъ (*jástrǫbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *àstrǭbъ. Doublet of ꙗ́стребъ (jástreb), from Proto-Slavic *àstrę̄bъ.

Noun

ꙗструбъ • (jastrub) m animal

1. (dialectal) hawk, goshawk

   нѣкоторые бровѣмъ зⸯ нихъ ѡвцꙋ, иншіе козла, иншіе телца и свинⸯю, иншіе ворона и ꙗстрꙋба… чтили ― někotoryje brověm z nix ovcu, inšije kozla, inšije telca i svinju, inšije vorona i jastruba… čtili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• Ukrainian: я́струб (jástrub)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ястребъ, ястрабъ, ястробъ, яструбъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 396
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “яструбъ”, 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 512