ꙗко

See also: яко and ако

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ѣко (ěko), ꙗкѡ (jako)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

Conjunction

ꙗко • (jako)

1. if
2. that
   • 10th c., Codex Marianus, John 11:22:

     нъ ꙇ҅ нꙑнѣ вѣмъ · ѣко егоже колижъдо просиши ꙋ б꙯а дастъ тебѣ б꙯ъ ·

     But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.

3. because, for
   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), Codex Suprasliensis‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 224.5, line 4:

     ꙁемь҆ꙗ о̑убоꙗ҅ сꙙ и҅ о̑умльча · ꙗ҅ко богъ пльтиѭ̑ о̑усь҆пе ·

     zemĭ҆ja ȏuboja҅ sę i҅ ȏumlĭča · ja҅ko bogŭ plĭtijǫ̑ ȏusĭ҆pe ·

     The earth grew frightened and fell silent, for God fell asleep in the flesh.

Adverb

ꙗко • (jako)

1. how

Related terms

• ꙗкоже (jakože)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic ꙗко (jako).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑkɔ/→/ˈjakɔ/→/ˈjakɔ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑkɔ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjakɔ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjakɔ/

• Hyphenation: ꙗ‧ко

Adverb

ꙗко (jako)

1. how?

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: ꙗкъ (jak), ꙗко (jako)
  • Belarusian: як (jak)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: як (jak), яко (jako)
  • Ukrainian: як (jak)
• Russian: (archaic) яко (jako)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ꙗко”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1652