ꙗстребъ

Old Ruthenian

ꙗ́стребъ

Alternative forms

ꙗ́страбъ (jástrab) — Old Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗ́стрѧбъ (jástrębŭ), from Proto-Slavic *àstrę̄bъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀśuptrembas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ōḱú-pth₂r̥ + *-(V)mbʰ + *-os, from *h₂eḱ-us (“swift, fast”) + *pter- (“wing”). Cognate with Russian я́стреб (jástreb), Old Czech jestřáb.

Noun

ꙗстребъ • (jastreb) m anim

hawk, goshawk
чи ѡт розꙋма твоего летает ꙗстребъ простираеть крыла свои кь югꙋ ― či ot rozuma tvojeho letajet jastreb prostirajetʹ kryla svoʲi kʹ juhu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

цена птахам… ꙗстребъ великиⸯ три рубли грошеⸯ ― cena ptaxam… jastreb velikij tri rubli hrošej ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

збежалисе люди вшетечни, ꙗко ꙗстрабове ― zbežalise ljudi všetečni, jako jastrabove ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

ꙗ́струбъ (jástrub) (dialectal)

Descendants

Belarusian: я́страб (jástrab)
Carpathian Rusyn: я́стряб (jástrjab), астря́б (astrjáb)
Ukrainian: я́стріб (jástrib), я́стреб (jástreb), астря́б (astrjáb) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: я́стер (jáster) (dialectal)

Further reading

Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ястребъ, ястрабъ, ястробъ, яструбъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 396

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