глꙗкъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *гълꙗкъ (*gŭljakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gъľakъ, from *gъ̀ľь; further origins unclear. Compare dialectal Russian гляк (gljak).

Noun

глꙗкъ • (hljak) m inan (diminutive глꙗчокъ)

2. jug, pitcher, jar

   Synonyms: глекъ (hlek), жбанъ (žban), збанъ (zban)

Descendants

• Belarusian: гляк (hljak); галья́к (halʹják) (dialectal)
  • → Polish: hlak, lak (regional)
    • → Belarusian: ляк (ljak) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “глякъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 5