горухща

Old East Slavic

гороухща

Etymology

First attested in the 2nd quarter ‒ mid 10th century, the oldest known Old East Slavic Cyrillic inscription. Probably related to Old East Slavic горуха (goruxa, “mustard”), which is from Proto-Slavic *goruxa (“bitterness, pungency”), from *gȍrьkъ (“bitter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈruxɕt͡ɕɑ/→/ɡɔˈruxɕt͡ɕa/→/ɡɔˈruxɕt͡ɕa/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈruxɕt͡ɕɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈruxɕt͡ɕa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈruxɕt͡ɕa/

• Hyphenation: го‧ру‧хща

Noun

горухща (goruxšča) f

1. (probably) mustard
   • 2nd quarter ‒ mid 10th century, Gnezdovo inscription, Gnezdovo:

     гороухща

     goruxšča

     mustard

Further reading

• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1989), “гороухща”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 2 (възалкати – добродѣтельникъ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 360