the two mirs

[Elisabeth Ghysels]

Dear Mykhailo,

I didn't know these names for the different forms of "i" myself, I took it
from Alina Israeli, who wrote:
"Those were two different words at least spellingwise: one had a dotted i (i
desjaterichnoe) and the other i we enjoy these days (i vos'merichnoe)."
So I guess "i desjaterichnoe" denotes the letter, which looks the same as in
Latin script, "i" , while "i vos'merichnoe" denotes the letter, which looks
like a Latin "u" or mirrored "N".
Kind regards,

Nikolaus

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Van: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]Namens Mykhailo Lyubich
Verzonden: vrijdag 22 september 2000 9:34
Aan: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Onderwerp: Re: the two mirs


Hi

> The two "mirs" raise several questions for me:
>
> 1) when and how did the "i desjaterichnoe" disappear in Russian?

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What does it mean "i desjaterichnoe"?
I can probably answer your next and third questions, but I am not sure about
this term.

>
> 2) am I right, that it has been retained in Ukrainian?
> 3) How can it be explained, that such an important difference between both
> languages has developed apparently during the Soviet era, of all eras?
> 4) When did the "i desjaterichnoe" appear in the first place, since it
> didn't seem to exist in old church Slavic?
> 5) How were "peace" and "world" written before the appearance of the "i
> desjaterichnoe"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nikolaus
> Dr. Nikolaus Lutz-Dettinger
> Spichtenberg 7
> B 9681 Nukerke
> tel: **32 - 55 - 21 99 85
> email: Nikolaus.Lutz at rug.ac.be
> or      nld at yucom.be
> http://dreamwater.net/nikolaus/

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