ꙗстребъ
Old Ruthenian

ꙗ́стребъ
Alternative forms
- ꙗ́страбъ – Old Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗ́стрѧбъ (jástrębŭ), from Proto-Slavic *àstrę̄bъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀśuptrembas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ōḱú-pth₂r̥ + *-(V)mbʰ + *-os, from *h₂eḱ-us (“swift, fast”) + *pter- (“wing”). Cognate with Russian я́стреб (jástreb), Old Czech jestřáb.
Noun
ꙗ́стребъ • (transliteration needed) m anim
- hawk, goshawk
- чи ѡт розꙋма твоего летает ꙗстребъ простираеть крыла свои кь югꙋ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- цена птахам… ꙗстребъ великиⸯ три рубли грошеⸯ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- збежалисе люди вшетечни, ꙗко ꙗстрабове ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Related terms
- ꙗ́струбъ (dialectal)
Descendants
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ястребъ, ястрабъ, ястробъ, яструбъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 396
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