вьсегда

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьśegъda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɪsɛˈɡdɑ//ʋʲɪsʲɛˈɡda//ʋʲsʲɛˈɡda/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɪsɛˈɡdɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɪsʲɛˈɡda/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲsʲɛˈɡda/

Adverb

вьсегда (vĭsegda)

  1. always
    • 1060s, The Studite rule:
      тако и вино вьсьгда ѿ ѥдиного самого съсуда вьсѣмъ чьрпати подобаѥть
      tako i vino vĭsĭgda otŭ jedinogo samogo sŭsuda vĭsěmŭ čĭrpati podobajetĭ
      and thus everyone should always ladle vine from the same vessel

Descendants

  • Belarusian: заўсёды (zawsjódy)
  • Russian: всегда́ (vsegdá)
  • Ukrainian: всíгда (vsíhda)

References

  • Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 172:всегда́vsegdá