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
ꙗ́струбъ • (jástrub) m anim
- (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), issue 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.: у 2-х кн. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of the 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.: in 2 bks.] (Пам'ятки української мови) (in Ukrainian), volume 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