рѣчище

Old Ruthenian

рѣ́чище

Alternative forms

• ре́чище (réčišče), ре́чишче (réčišče), ре́чыще (réčyšče), ре́чищо (réčiščo), ре́чыщо (réčyščo)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *rěčišče.

Noun

рѣчище • (rěčišče) n inan

1. channel, riverbed, streambed, watercourse (physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks)

Descendants

• Belarusian: рэ́чышча (réčyšča), рэ́чыца (réčyca), рачы́шча (račýšča), ро́чышча (róčyšča)
• Ukrainian: рі́чище (ríčyšče)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*речище”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 292
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “речищо, речишче, речыщо”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 89
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “рѣчище”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 304