тысѧча

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тꙑ́сѧча (týsęča), from Proto-Slavic *tỳsęťa, *tỳsęťь (see *tỳsǫti), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tū́ˀsantis, *tū́ˀsentis, from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-i-, *tuHsent-i-.[1]

Noun

ты́сѧча (transliteration needed) f inan

  1. thousand (1000)
    Synonym: ·҂а·
  2. multitude, a large number (someone or something)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ты́сяча (týsjača)
  • Ukrainian: ти́сяча (týsjača)

References

  1. Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2017), ты́сяча”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 14 (трапкі́ – тэ́чка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 311

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