ꙗщъ
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗ́скъ (jáskŭ), а́скъ (áskŭ), further borrowed from Old Norse askr. Cognate with Polish jaszcz.
Noun
ꙗ́щъ • (jášč) m inan
- box
- купили до печенѧ рыбы свежой и до ꙗщу посолили ― kupili do pečenja ryby svežoj i do jašču posolili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
- ꙗ́щикъ (jáščik)
Related terms
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *Heh₃s- (0 c, 4 e)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ящъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 402