The lexical borrowings from the Polish language in the “Suprasl Chronicle”

Katarzyna Grabowska

Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

Abstract

The subject of the article is analysis of lexical borrowings from the Polish language in the Suprasl Chronicle. It belongs to the first Belorussian – Lithuanian compilation. The article considers three types of borrowings: 1) formal semantic borrowings, 2) semantic calques, 3) structural calques. Formal semantic borrowings are the most common and they, according to their meaning, can be divided into several groups. Almost all lexical borrowings from the Polish language supported by evidence in the Suprasl Chronicle are found in its last part created on the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Keywords:

Old Belarusian chronicles, borrowing of words, Polish, formal semantic borrowings, semantic calques, structural calques