O kilku rzekomych i autentycznych archaizmach białoruskich
About some alleged and authentic Belarussian archaisms

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to find the answer whether there exist the masculines and neuters from the Proto-Slavonic ‘i-theme’ declension in the area of Mohylev (Belorussia). I was determined to pay my special attention to this problem after the research work on Краёвы слоУвнік усходняй МагшеУшчыны by I. K. Bialkevic (editors: M. B. Biryła i A. A. Kryvicki, Minsk 1970). In conclusion, taking all the language facts into my consideration, I think that it is not possible to give a straightforward answer to the question with a view to frequently repeatable publishing errors. According to this fact, it is no doubt about the substantive ресепь—the only clear and certain example of ‘i-theme’ declension from the group of supposed Mohylev archaisms. The other ones are questionable and need to be studied with full particulars in the future.

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