Denominations of Giraffe in the Russian language of the 15th–18th centuries
DOI
10.30842/26583755202209
Shchekin A.
Denominations of Giraffe in the Russian language of the 15th–18th centuries
SHLL, Vol. 5. 2022
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150–167
Abstract
Current article is dedicated to the analysis of words which designate giraffe in the Russian language of the 15th–18th centuries: velbludopardus, verbludobars, verbludorys, verbludopard, kamelopardalis, kamelopard, zhiraf, giraf etc. The original and translated texts of the 15th–18th centuries are used for material of research. The data gives evidence that all lexemes coexisted in this period as equivalent; none obtained predominance in the lexical system of the Russian language up to the end of the 18th century.
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