An Excerpt from a Lexicographic Work by Bulgarian-born Franciscus (Franko) Soimirovich First Printed in 1666 Cover Image

Една извадка от лексикографски труд на българина Франциск (Франко) Соимирович, отпечатана за първи път през 1666 г.
An Excerpt from a Lexicographic Work by Bulgarian-born Franciscus (Franko) Soimirovich First Printed in 1666

Author(s): Liliya Ilieva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Bulgarian Catholics; seventeenth century; Bulgarian lexicography; comparative linguistics

Summary/Abstract: The article is the first study in Bulgarian linguistics to make known the fact that the Bulgarian-born Franciscan brother Franciscus Soimirovich compiled a Valachica-Latina dictionary, a fragment of which was first published in 1666, and reprinted several times since. This was the first published dictionary of the Romanian language. The work of Franciscus Soimirovich is a contribution to the history of Bulgarian lexicography as well as to comparative linguistics. I hope that the full text of the dictionary compiled for the needs of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith will be found.

  • Issue Year: 68/2021
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 250-256
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bulgarian