From the history of words III

Abstract

The present work is devoted to the history of several Russian words predominantly used in the literary language and to some dialectisms. The lexicological etudes proposed appeared in the process of preparing the 17th issue of the Russian Etymological Dictionary. The paper contributes to a thorough study of the lexical material concerned and reveals the specificity of the vocabulary discussed on several examples. The following words are considered: zabélka (dial.) “the best person”; zazhór and zazhóra (dial.) “accumulation of ice in during the ice drift”; zakadychnyy “close, sincere (of a friend)”; zamáshka, zamáshki “hemp yarn and canvas”; zasedat’ “to discuss, decide”; záspa (dial.) “barley or oat groats”; zatín 1 “a place hidden behind a fence”; zatín 2 (dial.) “an iron crowbar stuck into an ice-floe”; zatín 3 (dial.) “a weakness of a horse.”