генералъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• енера́лъ (enerál), енора́лъ (enorál)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish generał and German General.

Noun

генералъ • (heneral) m pers (related adjective генера́льный)

1. general
2. bailiffs

Descendants

• Belarusian: генера́л (hjenjerál)
• Ukrainian: генера́л (henerál)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “генералъ”, 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 518
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “енералъ, генералъ, еноралъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 207