смалецъ

Old Ruthenian

сма́лецъ

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Polish smalec, further borrowed from Middle High German smalz, from Old High German smalz, from Proto-West Germanic *smalt, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *smultą. Cognate with German Schmalz, Yiddish שמאַלץ (shmalts). First attested in the 16th century.

Noun

смалецъ • (smalecʹ) m inan

1. grease, lard

   выкрали… сало, масла горщокъ, смальцу гусиного горщокъ, цыбули венки зъ два, сокеру, бохонъ хлеба и овецъ двое ― vykrali… salo, masla horščok, smalʹcu husinoho horščok, cybuli venki z dva, sokeru, boxon xleba i ovecʹ dvoje ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• Belarusian: сма́лец (smáljec), сма́ляц (smáljac), сма́лець (smáljecʹ)
• Ukrainian: сма́лець (smálecʹ)
• → Russian: сма́лец (smálec)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “смалецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 474