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Forms

носити (nositi) (1st person singular present ношѫ)[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *nositi (“to carry”), the iterative of Proto-Slavic *nesti (“to carry”), the source of нести.[1][2] ESJS dates the iterative to Proto-Slavic, since it is found in all the Slavic languages, while the iteratives with a long vowel, found only with prefixes, are somewhat younger.[2] The same word is Russian носить (nositʹ), Bulgarian нося (nosja), Serbo-Croatian nòsiti, Slovene nósiti, Czech nosit, Slovak nosiť and Polish nosić.[3][1]

Derksen reconstructs Proto-Balto-Slavic *noś- and Proto-Indo-European *h₁noḱ-, with Lithuanian našìnti (“to announce, proclaim”) and Ancient Greek ἤνεγκον (ḗnenkon, “I brought”) as cognates.[3] ESJS derives *nesti from *Hnek- (“to bring, reach”), with an exact match in Lithuanian nešti (“to carry”) and Latvian nest (“to carry”) and the root also in the Greek aorist cited by Derksen.[2] Sadnik and Aitzetmüller add Latin nancīscor (“to obtain”) and an Old Indic verb meaning “to reach”, but ESJS takes the Indo-Iranian forms as aorist subjunctives that cannot be compared with the Balto-Slavic present.[4][2]

Earliest recorded meaning

In the oldest Gospel manuscripts носити renders Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō, “to carry”) and Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to bear”), as in the healing of the paralytic, придошѧ къ н҄емоу носѧште ослабл҄ена жилами • носимъ четꙑрьми “they came to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four” (Mc 2, 3 Zogr Mar As Sav Ostr).[5]

Semantic evolution

The SJS gives the senses “to carry, bear”, for φέρειν, φορεῖν, βαστάζειν, αἴρειν and other Greek verbs, and the figurative “to bear, tolerate”, for βαστάζειν (Ap 2, 2).[5][6][7] The reflexive носити сѧ means to float or hover, for φέρεσθαι, as in доухъ божиі ношаше сꙙ връхоу водꙑ “the spirit of God moved over the water” (Gn 1, 2).[5] The participle forms Greek compounds such as бога носѧ for θεόφορος and христоса носѧ for χριστόφορος.[6]

Giltebrandt lists the verb in the Church Slavonic New Testament for βαστάζειν and φορεῖν.[8]

Timeline

  • End of the 9th – beginning of the 10th century – the Euchologium Sinaiticum uses носити for βαστάζειν.[9]
  • 14th century – the Serbian Athonite translation of Gregory of Nyssa renders βαστάζω with it.[9]
  • 1882–1885 – Giltebrandt records the verb in the Church Slavonic New Testament.[8]

Meanings

Verb

  1. To carry, bear, bring; for φέρειν, φορεῖν, βαστάζειν, αἴρειν.[5][6][1]
  2. To tolerate, endure; for βαστάζειν.[5]
  3. носити сѧ: to float, hover; for φέρεσθαι.[5][6]

Word family

  • износити
  • наносити
  • отъносити
  • приносити
  • възносити
  • носило
  • ношениѥ
  • богоносьць
  • нести
  • Russian носить (nositʹ)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d Havlová, Eva; Erhart, Adolf; Janyšková, Ilona (eds.) (1989–2022), Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského, 21 fascicles, Praha: Academia / Brno: Tribun EU
  3. ^ a b Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 4, Leiden / Boston: Brill
  4. ^ Sadnik, Linda; Aitzetmüller, Rudolf (1955), Handwörterbuch zu den altkirchenslavischen Texten, Heidelberg: Winter / 's-Gravenhage: Mouton, p. 274
  5. ^ a b c d e f Kurz, Josef; Hauptová, Zoe (eds.) (1958–1997), Slovník jazyka staroslověnského / Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae, 4 vols. + supplements, Praha: Academia; digital ed. gorazd.org
  6. ^ a b c d Slovník nejstarších staroslověnských památek (digital ed., Gorazd, Slovanský ústav AV ČR, gorazd.org); cf. Cejtlin, R. M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, É. (eds.) (1994), Staroslavjanskij slovar' (po rukopisjam X–XI vekov), Moskva: Russkij jazyk
  7. ^ Trubačev, Oleg N.; Žuravlev, Anatolij F.; Varbot, Žanna Ž. (eds.) (1974–2021), Ètimologičeskij slovar' slavjanskix jazykov: praslavjanskij leksičeskij fond, vols. 1–42, Moskva: Nauka
  8. ^ a b Gil'tebrandt, P. A. (1882–1885), Spravočnyj i ob''jasnitel'nyj slovar' k Novomu Zavetu, 6 vols., Sankt-Peterburg
  9. ^ a b SlaVaComp Metaglossar Griechisch–Kirchenslavisch, Universität Freiburg, slavistik-portal.de