вепръ

Old Ruthenian

вепръ

Alternative forms

• вепъръ (vepr), вѣпръ (věpr), вєпръ (vjepr), вепрь (veprʹ), вєпрь (vjeprʹ), вєпърь (vjeprʹ)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вепрь (veprĭ), from Proto-Slavic *veprь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *weprios, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Cognate with Russian вепрь (veprʹ), Old Polish wieprz, Old Czech vepř.

Noun

вепръ • (vepr) m animal

1. boar, wild boar (Sus scrofa)

   Synonyms: каба́нъ (kabán), дикъ (dik)

Derived terms

• вепрѧ (veprja)

Descendants

• Belarusian: вапе́р (vapjér), вепéр (vjepér), вя́пер (vjápjer), вяпéр (vjapér) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Belarusian: вяпру́к (vjaprúk); япру́к (japrúk) (dialectal)
• Carpathian Rusyn: вепéрь (vepérʹ)
  • ⇒ Carpathian Rusyn: вепри́ско (veprýsko)
• Ukrainian: вепр (vepr); вéпер (véper), вепéр (vepér) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вепрь(ъ)”, 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 215
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*вепрь”, 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 164
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “вепръ, вепрь, вепърь”, 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 228
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “вепръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 111