гвѣздъка

First attested in c. 1140‒1160. From *гвѣзда (*gvězda, “star”) +‎ -ъка (-ŭka).^[1] Cognate with Old East Slavic звѣздъка (zvězdŭka).

• Hyphenation: гвѣ‧здъ‧ка

гвѣздъка • (gvězdŭka) f^[2]

1. (hapax legomenon) diminutive of *гвѣзда (*gvězda, “star”) (e.g. stars on a fabric pattern)
   • c. 1140‒1160, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 8 [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 8]‎^[2], Staraya Russa:

     … ꙁ-ке под[ь]лина [г]вѣꙁдъкѣ великѣѣ жьлътое : оже же еси продала то въдаи семоу дѣтьскамоу --- [не] пр[одал]а то оурѣ‐

     … z-ke pod[ĭ]lina [g]vězdŭkě velikějě žĭlŭtoje : ože že jesi prodala to vŭdai semu dětĭskamu --- [ne] pr[odal]a to urě‐

     … [something about clothes] …, lining with a pattern of large stars, yellow. If you have already sold, then give this court official (detskii) [such-and-such amount], and if you have not sold, then (possibly, cut …).

• “гвѣздка”, in “Birchbark Letters Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2025