голубꙑи

Old East Slavic

Adjective

голубꙑи (golubyi)

Alternative spelling of голѫбꙑи (golǫbyi)

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȍlǫbъ.

Adjective

голубꙑи (golubyi)

ash-colored, ashy, light gray (about the color of the animal)
blue

Further reading

“и вꙑ имъ къне мъи голубꙑи даите…”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year) (document № 142)
Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “голубꙑи”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 725 of 872

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