Obsolescence

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The noun "KLISTIR" was / is alive and well in the White Russian emigre 
community.

Vera Beljakova
Johannesburg
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Original Message:
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From: Janneke van de Stadt Janneke.vandeStadt at WILLIAMS.EDU
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:37:05 -0400
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Obsolescence


Dear colleagues,

I have an unusual question I would love answered.  I am trying to  
establish, generally speaking, when the word "klistir" became  
obsolete and was replaced by "klizma."  Dal' (1881) defines the first  
vaguely as "promyvatel'noe" and does not list the second.  A four- 
volume dictionary published by the Academy of Sciences in 1958 lists  
"klistir" as obsolete.  I don't have access to a dictionary published  
before 1958, but, if anyone out there does, I would love to know what  
was happening with these terms in the twenties and the thirties.

Many thanks in advance!

Janneke

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