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Jasmina Grkoviã-Major
TRANSLATION OF GREEK tacuv, tacevw" IN THE OLD CHURCH
SLAVONIC TETRAEUANGELION
Summary
This papers deals with the translation of Greek tacuv, tacevw" in the
Old Church Slavonic tetraeuangelion. The analysis shows that the oldest
language situation is preserved in the Codex Marianus, where the different
sememes of Greek tacuv, tacevw" ('quickly', 'in a short time', 'soon') are
translated in three diffrent ways (~dro, skoro, vx skory). This would confirm
the hypothesis that Codex Marianus is the codex closest to the first Old
Church Slavonic translation of the tetraeuangelion, since the other codexes
show the process of semantic generalization of the adverb skoro. Besides
that, the contextual realization of the adverb ~dro supports the etymology
which connects Proto Slavic *jõdræ with skr. indra- 'mighty, powerful'.
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