Жиꙁнобѫде
Old Novgorodian
Etymology
First attested in c. 1075‒1100. By surface analysis, *жиꙁнь (*žiznĭ, “life”) + -о- (-o-) + бѫд- (bǫd-, “will be”) + -е (-je).
Proper noun
Жиꙁнобѫде • (Žiznobǫde) m[1]
- a male given name, Zhiznobud
- c. 1075‒1100, Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 607/562 [Birchbark letter no. 607/562][3], Novgorod:
- жиꙁнобоуде погоублене оу сꙑчевиць новъгородьске смьрде …
- žiznobude pogublene u syćevićĭ novŭgorodĭske smĭrde …
- Žiznobud has been killed by (or 'among') the Syčeviči; (he was) a Novgorodian peasant.
- c. 1140‒1160, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 16 [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 16][4], Staraya Russa:
- … : ѫ жиꙁнобоуда ·ꙅ къ[р]---- …
- … : ǫ žiznobuda ·dz kŭ[r]---- …
- Zhiznobud owes 6 (korchaga?).
Declension
Declension of Жиꙁнобѫде (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | Жиꙁнобѫде Žiznobǫde |
Жиꙁнобѫда Žiznobǫda |
Жиꙁнобѫди, Жиꙁнобѫдѣ Žiznobǫdi, Žiznobǫdě |
genitive | Жиꙁнобѫда Žiznobǫda |
Жиꙁнобѫдоу Žiznobǫdu |
Жиꙁнобѫдъ Žiznobǫdŭ |
dative | Жиꙁнобѫдоу, Жиꙁнобѫдови Žiznobǫdu, Žiznobǫdovi |
Жиꙁнобѫдома Žiznobǫdoma |
Жиꙁнобѫдомъ Žiznobǫdomŭ |
accusative | Жиꙁнобѫдъ, Жиꙁнобѫда Žiznobǫdŭ, Žiznobǫda |
Жиꙁнобѫда Žiznobǫda |
Жиꙁнобѫдꙑ, Жиꙁнобѫдѣ Žiznobǫdy, Žiznobǫdě |
instrumental | Жиꙁнобѫдъмь Žiznobǫdŭmĭ |
Жиꙁнобѫдома Žiznobǫdoma |
Жиꙁнобѫдꙑ Žiznobǫdy |
locative | Жиꙁнобѫдѣ Žiznobǫdě |
Жиꙁнобѫдоу Žiznobǫdu |
Жиꙁнобѫдѣхъ Žiznobǫděxŭ |
vocative | Жиꙁнобѫде Žiznobǫde |
Жиꙁнобѫда Žiznobǫda |
Жиꙁнобѫди, Жиꙁнобѫдѣ Žiznobǫdi, Žiznobǫdě |
References
- ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect][1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 739
Further reading
- “Жиꙁнобѫде”, in “Birchbark Letters Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2025