аще

See also: ашэ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *aťe. See also *ače, *ači.

Conjunction

аще • (ašte)

  1. if
    • ⰰⱎⱅⰵ (leaf 2.5, line 9)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mt:4:3:
      аштє с꙯нъ єси б꙯жіи · рьци да камєниє сє хлѣби бѫдѫтъ ·
      ašte s:nŭ esi b:žii · rĭci da kamenije se xlěbi bǫdǫtŭ ·
      If you are the son of God, tell these rocks to be loaves of bread.
      ꙇ҅ аштє ц꙯рсо на сѧ раздѣлитъ сѧ · нє можєтъ стати ц꙯рьство то · ꙇ҅ аштє домъ на сѧ раздѣлитъ сѧ · нє можєтъ стати домъ тъ · ꙇ҅ аштє сотона самъ въста на сѧ · ꙇ҅ раздѣли сѧ · нє можєтъ стати · нъ коньчинѫ ꙇ҅матъ ·
      hi ašte c:rso na sę razdělitŭ sę · ne možetŭ stati c:rĭstvo to · hi ašte domŭ na sę razdělitŭ sę · ne možetŭ stati domŭ tŭ · hi ašte sotona samŭ vŭsta na sę · hi razděli sę · ne možetŭ stati · nŭ konĭčinǫ himatŭ ·
      And if a kingdom divides against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house divides against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan himself has arisen against himself, and divided himself, he cannot stand, but has an end.
  2. whether
    • ⰰⱎⱅⰵ (leaf 217.5, line 4)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎[2] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Lk:23:6:
      пилатъ жє слꙑшавъ · въпроси галилєѩ · аштє ч꙯къ галилѣꙇ҅скъ є̆стъ ·
      pilatŭ že slyšavŭ · vŭprosi galileję · ašte č:kŭ galilěhiskŭ ĕstŭ ·
      And Pilate, having heard of Galilee, asked whether the person is Galilean.
  3. when

References

  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Russian

Etymology

From аче, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ače.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɕːe]

Conjunction

а́ще • (ášče)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) if
    Synonyms: е́сли (jésli), е́жели (jéželi), коли (koli), коль (kolʹ), аче (ače)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “аще”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M. (1963), “аще”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 1 (А), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 181
  • Anikin, A. E. (2007), “аще”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (а – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 355

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