Khlebnikov (+ another question, about the word безволода)

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Maksym,

Thank you for your message. The word VOLOD appears in Boris  
Grinchenko's 4 volume dictionary published in 1907-1909. It was  
republished in 1958:
http://hrinchenko.com/slovar/znachenie-slova/7970-volod.html#show_point
Словарь української мови / Упор. з дод. влас. матеріалу Б. Грінченко :  
в 4-х т. — К. : Вид-во Академії наук Української РСР, 1958.
Том 1, ст. 250.
I do like your suggestion but I also think that the blue sky in the  
poem  is presented as a typical utopian space. Of course the image  
might have several meanings.

All best,
Alexandra





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Quoting Maksym Popelysh-Rosochynsky  
<maksympopelyshrosochynsky2013 at U.NORTHWESTERN.EDU> on Thu, 1 Mar 2012  
00:20:49 -0600:

> Dear Alexandra,
>
> Ukrainian word for moisture is "волога", which is similar to Russian
> "влага".
> Similarly, "вологий" is "влажный" and it has nothing to do with "волод"
> root, unless you are using some specific Ukrainian dictionary that is not
> mentioned in your post.
>
> Denis is right to say that  "безволод" is contextual antonym for "Всеволод".
>
> Here are some parallels between Russian and Ukrainian:
>
> Влада = власть (power), владение = володiння, and Владимир = Володимир.
> "Вoлoдiти" is to have/to possess. That's why "Lord of the Rings" is
> translated as "Володар Перстенiв".
>
> I do not admire Khlebnikov's poem quoted here. But I do not think that
> "безволод"
> has anything to do with "cloudless/clear day" in the given context.
>
>
>
>

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