быкъ

Old Ruthenian

1. быкъ

Alternative forms

• бикъ (bik)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic бꙑкъ (bykŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bỹkъ. Cognate with Russian бык (byk).

Noun

быкъ • (byk) m

1. bull
2. (astronomy) Taurus

Descendants

• Belarusian: бык (byk)
• Carpathian Rusyn: бык (bŷk)
• Ukrainian: бик (byk)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “бикъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 89
• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “быкъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 161
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*быкъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 137
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “быкъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 111
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “быкъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 270

Russian

Noun

быкъ • (byk) m anim or m inan (genitive быка́, nominative plural быки́, genitive plural быко́въ, relational adjective бы́чій, diminutive бычо́къ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of бык (byk).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of быкъ (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бы́къ býk	быки́ bykí
genitive	быка́ byká	быко́въ bykóv
dative	быку́ bykú	быка́мъ bykám
accusative animate inanimate	быка́ byká	быко́въ bykóv
	бы́къ býk	быки́ bykí
instrumental	быко́мъ bykóm	быка́ми bykámi
prepositional	быкѣ́ bykě́	быка́хъ bykáx