вепръ
Old Ruthenian
вепръ
Alternative forms
- вепъръ (vepr), вѣпръ (věpr), вєпръ (vjepr), вепрь (veprʹ), вєпрь (vjeprʹ), вєпърь (vjeprʹ)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic вепрь (veprĭ), from Proto-Slavic *veprь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *weprios, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Cognate with Russian вепрь (veprʹ), Old Polish wieprz, Old Czech vepř.
Noun
вепръ • (vepr) m anim
- boar, wild boar (Sus scrofa)
- Synonyms: каба́нъ (kabán), дикъ (dik)
Derived terms
- вепрѧ (veprja)
Descendants
- Belarusian: вапе́р (vapjér), вепéр (vjepér), вя́пер (vjápjer), вяпéр (vjapér) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Belarusian: вяпру́к (vjaprúk); япру́к (japrúk) (dialectal)
- Rusyn: вепéрь (vepérʹ)
- ⇒ Rusyn: вепри́ско (veprýsko)
- Ukrainian: вепр (vepr); вéпер (véper), вепéр (vepér) (dialectal)
Further reading
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вепрь(ъ)”, 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 215
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*вепрь”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1: А – М, Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 164
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “вепръ, вепрь, вепърь”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: Krypiakevych I.U.S., →ISBN, page 228
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “вепръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 111