Open AccessNekotorye orfografičeskie osobennosti i sistema peredači fonetičeskoj i semantičeskoj sovokupnosti slov semitskogo proishoždeniâ v "Bivlija ruska" Franciska Skoriny
Author(s) -
Rolandas Kregždys
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lingvaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-1226
pISSN - 1896-2122
DOI - 10.12797/lv.13.2018.26.01
Subject(s) - semitic languages , hebrew bible , old testament , lexeme , philosophy , value (mathematics) , judaism , presentation (obstetrics) , literature , hebrew , linguistics , history , classics , theology , art , biblical studies , arabic , computer science , medicine , machine learning , radiology
Qualities of the Orthographic System and Presentation Peculiarities of Phonetic and Semantic Value of the Lexemes of Semitic Origin in the "Russian Bible" (resp. "Бивли рска") by Francysk SkarynaThe article newly actualizes the problem of peculiarities in the presentation of the phonetic and semantic value of lexemes of Semitic origin in "Russian Bible" by F. Skorina from Polatsk ("Бивлия руска выложена докторомъ Францискомъ Скориною из славнаго града Полоцька" [Prague: Typography of Francisk Skorina, y. 1517–1519]). An analysis of the named structural complexes of theses lexemes not only opens an opportunity for identification of mistakes in the translated text, but also determines the scope of Skorina’s knowledge in the field of original realities of the Semitic culture. On the basis of linguistic research into the phonetic and semantic value of lexemes of Semitic origin in Skorina’s "Russian Bible", the following conclusions can be drawn:1. the fricative consonant -в- (resp. -v-) in the lexeme Бi-в-ли might have resulted from a contamination of homonyms: Middle-Lat. biblia ‘machinae bellicae jaculatoriae’ and Lat. (or Middle-Lat.) Biblia ‛Bible’, with the provisions of the prototype of the homonyms Gk. (Middle-Gk.) αἳ βίϐλοι ‘ballistic machines’ (with the minuscule ϐ ) ↔ Gk. (Middle-Gk.) τὰ βιβλία ‛Jewish sacred books; Old Testament; Bible; finished paper work; New Testament’ taken into account;2. Lat. (Middle-Lat.) biblia ‘machinae bellicae jaculatoriae’ / Gk. (Middle-Gk.) αἳ βίϐλοι ‘ballistic machines’ presupposes the reconstruction of a hypothetical sememe *‘God’s will – a weapon of the Almighty’ ← ‘Bible’;3. Old Hebrew and Aramaic fragments used by F. Skorina in the exordiums of his Russian Bible (Бивли рска) are to be regarded as illustrative elements but not as arguments on the basis of which Skorina could be elevated to the rank of connoisseur of Semitic languages.