порохъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-.

Noun

порохъ (poroxŭ)

  1. dust
    • Иоанъ, editor (1076), пороха”, in Изборник 1076 года [Izbornik of 1076], page 81 (41), line 9
      Насыштѧꙗ сѧ многосластьнааго питиꙗ· помѧни пиюштааго теплоу водоу отъ слъньца въстопѣвъшѫ· и тоу же пороха нападъшѫ· ѡтъ мѣста незавѣтръна:::
      Nasyštęja sę mnogoslastĭnaago pitija· pomęni pijuštaago teplu vodu otŭ slŭnĭca vŭstopěvŭšǫ· i tu že poroxa napadŭšǫ· otŭ města nezavětrŭna:::
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Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Russian: порох (porox)
  • Ukrainian: порох (porox)
  • Belarusian: порах (pórax)

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