делфинъ

Old Ruthenian

делфи́нъ

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish delfin, later reinforced by German Delphin, further borrowed from Latin delphīnus, in turn borrowed from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of δελφῑ́ς (delphī́s). Cognate with Russian дельфи́н (delʹfín) (from Middle Russian дельфи́нъ (delʹfín)), Old East Slavic делфи́съ (delfísŭ) (borrowed from Ancient Greek δελφῑ́ς (delphī́s)). First attested in the 17th century.

Noun

делфинъ • (delfin) m animal

1. dolphin

Descendants

• Belarusian: дэльфі́н (delʹfín)
• Carpathian Rusyn: делфи́н (delfýn)
• Ukrainian: дельфі́н (delʹfín)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “делфинъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 691
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “делфинъ”, 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 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 227
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “делфинъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 35