абецадло

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish abecadło, from Old Polish abiecadło, obiecadło, from Middle High German abecede, ultimately from Latin abecedārium. First attested in the early 17th century.[1] Compare Russian абеца́дло (abecádlo).

Noun

абецадло • (abecadlon inan

  1. alphabet (particularly Polish or Latin alphabet)

Descendants

  • Ukrainian: абеца́дло (abecádlo) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “абеца́дло”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 2:MUk. абеца́дло (1627)

Further reading

Russian

Alternative forms

  • обеца́ло (obɛcálo)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish abecadło (alphabet) of 18th century, from Old Polish obiecadło adapted with suffix -dło. From Middle High German abecede. From the first four letters of the Latin alphabet. Compare Latin abecedārium. Cognate with Ukrainian абеца́дло (abecádlo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbɨˈt͡sadɫə] (phonetic respelling: абэца́дло)

Noun

абеца́дло • (abɛcádlon inan (genitive абеца́дла, uncountable)

  1. (historical) an adaptation of the Polish alphabet used periodically in Ukraine in the 17th-19th centuries.
  2. (historical) the musical alphabet

Declension

See also

References

  • Anikin, A. E. (2007) “абецадло”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 69