аѥсова

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Old Novgorodian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From аѥ (aje, egg) +‎ совати (sovati, to shove) +‎ (-a).[1]

Example of keeping the original initial *a- without iotation from Proto-Slavic *aje (egg) in a full-valued word. Compare with dialectal Ukrainian айо (ajo, egg) and Old East Slavic аице (aice), dialectal Bulgarian айце́ (ajcé), аце́ (acé).

Birchbark letter no. St. R. 35 (c. 1140‒1160)

Noun[edit]

аѥсова (ajesovam[2]

  1. (vulgar) one who shoves his balls (eggs)
    • c. 1140‒1160, Грамота № Ст. Р. 35[3] [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 35], Staraya Russa:
      Ѧкове брате еби лежѧ ебехото аесово
      Ękove brate ebi ležę ebexoto aesovo
      Yakov, brother, fuck lying down, you lustful egg-shover

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2007) “аєсова”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 106
  2. 2.0 2.1 Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “аѥсова”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 710
  3. 3.0 3.1 аесово (letter no. St. R. 35), c. 1140‒1160”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024

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