свинопасъ
Old Ruthenian
свинопа́съ
Etymology
From свинѧ́ (svinjá, “pig”) + -о- (-o-) + пасъ (pas, “to herd”). Cognate with Russian свинопа́с (svinopás), Polish świniopas.
Noun
свинопа́съ • (svinopás) m pers
- swineherd, hogherd
- …и иншіи тымъ подобныи злочинцы, которыи сѧ вⸯ болотѣ спросныхъ нечистѡт сихъ валѧютъ, всѣхъ тыхъ свинопасами писмо Бж҃ее называетъ ― …i inšij tym podobnyj zločincy, kotoryj sja v bolotě sprosnyx nečistôt six valjajut, vsěx tyx svinopasami pismo Božeje nazyvajet ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Related terms
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *suH- (0 c, 9 e)
Descendants
- Belarusian: свінапа́с (svinapás)
- Ukrainian: свинопа́с (svynopás)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “свинопасъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 123