зефѵръ
Old Ruthenian
Alternative forms
- зефи́ръ, зеѳи́ръ, зефѣ́ръ
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζέφυρος (zéphuros); see Ζέφῠρος (Zéphuros) for further etymology. Cognate with Russian зефи́р (zefír).
Noun
зефѵ́ръ • (transliteration needed) m
- zephyr (а light wind from the west)
- зефиръ тиховѣючіи и неѡтмѣнный оучинилъ… ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2004), “зефиръ, зефѣръ, зеѳиръ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 11 (затраченє – злечитисѧ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 237
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “зефиръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 231
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