егда

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Adverb

егда • (egda)

  1. when
    • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesi 4.12:
      І҆ е҆гда̀ дѣ́лае҆ши зе́млю не приложит̑ си́лы свое҆́ѧ да́ти тебѣ̀,...
      I egdà dě́laješi zémlju ne priložit̑ síly svojéję dáti tebě̀,...
      When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength;

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jegъda. Akin to Old Church Slavonic егда (egda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛˈɡdɑ/→/jɛˈɡda/→/jɛˈɡda/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /jɛˈɡdɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /jɛˈɡda/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /jɛˈɡda/

  • Hyphenation: е‧гда

Adverb

егда (jegda)

  1. when, if
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎[1], page 2:
      ѥгда чьтеши книгꙑ· не тъштисѧ бърꙁо иштисти до дроугыꙗ главиꙁнꙑ·
      jegda čĭteši knigy· ne tŭštisę bŭrzo ištisti do drugyja glavizny·
      when you read books, don't strive to quickly read on to the following chapter.

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: єгда́ (jehdá)
  • Russian: егда́ (jegdá) (archaic)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “егда”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 807
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