жулвъ

First attested in 1627. Borrowed from Middle Polish żółw, from Old Polish żółw, from Proto-Slavic *želỳ. Doublet of желвъ (želv).

жулвъ • (žulv) m animal or f animal

1. mollusk shell, seashell
2. tortoise, turtle

   Synonyms: черепаха (čerepaxa), желва (želva)

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жулвъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 942
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “жолвъ, желвъ, жулвъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 44
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “желвъ, жолвъ, жулвъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 139