# осмъ
## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* о́сьмъ (ósʹm), о́семъ (ósem), о́симъ (ósim)
* во́смъ (vósm), ву́смъ (vúsm), во́семъ (vósem), ву́сѣмъ (vúsěm), во́жемъ (vóžem), во́симъ (vósim), ву́симъ (vúsim), вю́сюмъ (vjúsjum)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic о́смь (ósmĭ), from Proto-Slavic *osmь (“8”), from *òsmъ (“8th”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśmas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓwos, from *oḱtṓw (“8”). Cognate with Russian во́семь (vósemʹ) (from Middle Russian восмь (vosmʹ), осмь (osmʹ)), Old Novgorodian осмъ (osmŭ), осъмъ (osŭmŭ) and Old Church Slavonic осмь (osmĭ).

### Numeral

о́смъ • (ósm)
* eight (8)
    Synonym: ·и҃· (·i:·)
    конь стоꙗл наменшъ копъ ѡсмъ грошэⸯ ― konʹ stojal namenš kop osm hrošej ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ѡ хорошом которыⸯ тридцат и осмъ лет ѿ одра не воставалъ ― o xorošom kotoryj tridcat i osm let ot odra ne vostaval ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    За поллибры пареру для писаня картокъ, асмаковъ осмъ ― Za pollibry pareru dlja pisanja kartok, asmakov osm ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* осми́на (osmína) (⅛)
* осмъна́дцать (osmnádcatʹ) (18)
* осмъдесѧтъ (osmdesjat) (80)
* осмъсо́тъ (osmsót) (800)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: во́сем (vósjem); во́сім (vósim) (dialectal)
* Carpathian Rusyn: ву́сям (vúsjam)
* Ukrainian: ві́сім (vísim); ви́сїм (výsjim), вьї́сьїм (vʹjísʹjim) (dialectal)

### References

* ↑ Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2010), “*osmь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 36 (*orz(ъ)zeleněti/*orz(ъ)zeleniti (sę) – *otъgrěbati (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 53

### Further reading

* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “восимъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 313
* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вусимъ; вусѣмъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 355
* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вюсюмъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 494
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*осемъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 93
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “osm”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 94
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “осмь, осмъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 95
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “восемъ; восмь; осмъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 243
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1998), “вусмъ; вусмь; осмъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 5 (впрашати – выпродати), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 72
* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “восемъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 196
* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “восмъ, восмь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 205
* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “осемъ, осемь, осимъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 359
* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “осмъ, осмь, осьмъ, осьмь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 399