шиꙁе

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sìzъ. The initial ш- (š-) represents Old Pskovian hypergrammatism. Cognate with Old East Slavic сизъ (sizŭ) and Russian си́зый (sízyj).

Adjective

шиꙁе (šize)

1. dove-coloured, warm grey, bluish
   • c. 1140‒1160, Берестяная грамота № 735 [Birchbark letter no. 735]‎^[1], Novgorod:

     … въдаи паробъкоу семоу конь полоубоуивъ же шизꙑи и сътворѧ добрѣ помоги емоу …

     … vŭdai parobŭku semu konĭ polubuivŭ že šizyi i sŭtvorę dobrě pomogi emu …

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Declension

Short declension of шиꙁе (hard o/a stem)

	singular
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	шиꙁе šize	шиꙁо šizo	шиꙁа šiza

Long declension of шиꙁе (hard o/a stem)

	singular
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	шиꙁеи šizei	шиꙁоѥ šizoje	шиꙁаꙗ šizaja

Descendants

• → Old East Slavic: шизъ (šizŭ)

Further reading

• “шизꙑи (letter no. 735), c. 1140‒1160”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “шизꙑи”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[2] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 819