осмый

Old Ruthenian

Old Ruthenian ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : осмъ
    Ordinal : осмый
    Collective : осмеро

Alternative forms

  • осмыи, осьмыи, ѡсмый, осьмый
  • восмый

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic осмꙑи (osmyi), осмъи (osmy), from Proto-Slavic *òsmъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśmas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓwos (8th), from *oḱtṓw (8).[1] Cognate with Russian восьмо́й (vosʹmój), Old Church Slavonic осмъ (osmŭ) and Old Czech osmý.

Adjective

осмый (transliteration needed)

  1. eighth (8th)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: во́смы (vósmy)
  • Rusyn: во́сьмый (vósʹmŷj)
  • Ukrainian: во́сьмий (vósʹmyj); во́сьмой (vósʹmoj) (dialectal)

References

  1. Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2010), *osmъ(jь)”, 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 50

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