Жирославе

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Žiroslàvъ. First attested in c. 1160‒1180. By surface analysis, жире (žire) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ -слава (-slava) +‎ (-je).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Жи‧ро‧сла‧ве

Proper noun

Жирославе • (Žiroslavem[1]

  1. a male given name
    • c. 1160‒1180, Schaeken, Jos (2019), Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 657 [Birchbark letter no. 657]‎[3], Novgorod:
      … сь ст҃ее дьлѧ варъвре вьверице твое въ городь ѿ домацка а у жирослава суть …
      … sĭ st:jeje dĭlę varŭvre vĭvericʹje tvoje vŭ gorodĭ otŭ domacʹka a u žiroslava sutĭ …
      Here, your money, [designated] for the [nunnery] of St. Barbara from Domachko, is in town; and it [the money] is at Zhiroslav’s.

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 739

Further reading