осмъ

Old Ruthenian

Old Ruthenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : о́смъ
    Ordinal : осмый
    Collective : осмеро

Alternative forms

  • о́смь, ósm, ѡ́смь, ѡ́смъ, о́сьмь, о́сьмъ, о́семь, о́семъ, ѡ́семъ, о́сымь, о́симъ
  • во́смь, во́смъ, ву́смь, ву́смъ, во́семъ, ву́сѣмъ, во́жемъ, во́симъ, ву́симъ, вю́сюмъ

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic о́смь (ósmĭ), from Proto-Slavic *osmь (“8”), from *òsmъ (“8th”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśmas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓwos, from *oḱtṓw (“8”).[1] Cognate with Russian во́семь (vósemʹ) (from Middle Russian восмь (vosmʹ), осмь (osmʹ)), Old Novgorodian осмъ (osmŭ), осъмъ (osŭmŭ) and Old Church Slavonic осмь (osmĭ).

Numeral

о́смъ • (transliteration needed)

  1. eight (8)
    • конь стоꙗл наменшъ копъ ѡсмъ грошэⸯ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • ѡ хорошом которыⸯ тридцат и осмъ лет ѿ одра не воставалъ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • За поллибры пареру для писаня картокъ, асмаковъ осмъ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonym: ·и҃·

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Belarusian: во́сем (vósjem); во́сім (vósim) (dialectal)
  • Rusyn: вӱ́сям (vǘsjam)
  • Ukrainian: ві́сім (vísim); ви́сїм (výsjim), вьї́сьїм (vʹjísʹjim) (dialectal)

References

  1. Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2010), “*osmь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 36 (*orz(ъ)zeleněti/*orz(ъ)zeleniti (sę) – *otъgrěbati (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 53

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