абецадло
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish abecadło, from Old Polish abiecadło, obiecadło, from Middle High German abecede, ultimately from Latin abecedārium. First attested in the early 17th century.[1] Compare Russian абеца́дло (abecádlo).
Noun
абеца́дло • (abecádlo) n inan
- alphabet (particularly Polish or Latin alphabet)
Descendants
- Ukrainian: абеца́дло (abecádlo) (dialectal)
References
- Rudnyckyj, Ja. B. (1962–1972), “абеца́дло”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in English), volume 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, page 2: “MUk. абеца́дло (1627)”
Further reading
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “абецадло”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, issue 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: St. Publ. House of Ukraine, page 2
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1982), “абецадло”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 1 (а – биенье), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 56
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “абецадло”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 1 (а – аѳинѧны), Lviv: Krypiakevych I.U.S., →ISBN, page 65
Russian
Alternative forms
- обеца́ло (obɛcálo)
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish abecadło (“alphabet”) of 18th century, from Old Polish obiecadło adapted with suffix -dło. From Middle High German abecede. From the first four letters of the Latin alphabet. Compare Latin abecedārium. Cognate with Ukrainian абеца́дло (abecádlo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐbɨˈt͡sadɫə] (phonetic respelling: абэца́дло)
Noun
абеца́дло • (abɛcádlo) n inan (genitive абеца́дла, uncountable)
- (historical) an adaptation of the Polish alphabet used periodically in Ukraine in the 17th-19th centuries.
- (historical) the musical alphabet
Declension
Declension of абеца́дло (inan sg-only neut-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | абеца́дло abɛcádlo |
| genitive | абеца́дла abɛcádla |
| dative | абеца́длу abɛcádlu |
| accusative | абеца́дло abɛcádlo |
| instrumental | абеца́длом abɛcádlom |
| prepositional | абеца́дле abɛcádle |
Related terms
- абецеда́рий (abɛcedárij)
See also
- а́збука (ázbuka), абеве́га (abɛvɛ́ga), алфави́т (alfavít)
References
- Anikin, A. E. (2007), “абецадло”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (а – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 69