егда
Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
- ега (ega)
- ѥгда (jegda)
Adverb
егда • (egda)
- when
- 1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesi 4.12:
- І҆ е҆гда̀ дѣ́лае҆ши зе́млю не приложит̑ си́лы свое҆́ѧ да́ти тебѣ̀,...
- I҆ e҆gdà dě́lae҆ši zémlju ne priložit̑ síly svoe҆́ę dáti tebě̀,...
- When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength;
- 1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesi 4.12:
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jegda. Akin to Old Church Slavonic егда (egda).
Pronunciation
Adverb
егда (egda)
- when, if
- 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 2:
- ѥгда чьтеши книгꙑ· не тъштисѧ бърꙁо иштисти до дроугыꙗ главиꙁнꙑ·
- jegda čĭteši knigy· ne tŭštisę bŭrzo ištisti do drugyja glavizny·
- when you read books, don't strive to quickly read on to the following chapter.
Descendants
- Old Ruthenian: єгда́ (jehdá)
- Russian: егда́ (jegdá) (archaic)
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “егда”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 807
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