ꙗщикъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• ꙗ́щыкъ (jáščyk)

Etymology

From ꙗ́щъ (jášč) +‎ -икъ (-ik). Cognate with Russian я́щик (jáščik), Middle Russian ꙗ́щїкъ (jáščik), Old Polish jaszczek, dialectal jaszczyk.

Noun

ꙗщикъ • (jaščik) m inan

1. box

   масла ящикъ, за асмак. чотырнадцать ― masla jaščik, za asmak. čotyrnadcatʹ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   зоставилемъ при нимъ тисечу брусов соли… ящыкъ московски ― zostavilem pri nim tiseču brusov soli… jaščyk moskovski ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   побрали… ящики два великие, в одном меду полно, ложа одна ― pobrali… jaščiki dva velikije, v odnom medu polno, loža odna ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *Heh₃s- (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: я́шчык (jáščyk) (dialectal)
• Ukrainian: я́щик (jáščyk)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ящикъ, ящыкъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 401