Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⱅⱔⰶⱐⰽⱏ ‎(tęžĭkŭ)
• (later spelling): тѧжъкъ ‎(tęžŭkŭ)

Adjective

тѧжькъ • ‎(tęžĭkŭ)

1. heavy

Derived terms

• тѧгость ‎(tęgostĭ)
• тѧжесть ‎(tęžestĭ)

References

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “тѧжькъ”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 717

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ.

Adjective

тѧжькъ ‎(tęžĭkŭ)

1. heavy

Descendants

• Belarusian: цяжкі́ ‎(cjažkí)
• Russian: тя́жкий ‎(tjážkij)
• Ukrainian: тяжки́й ‎(tjažkýj)

References

• Sreznevskij, I. I. (1912), “тѧжькꙑи”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1103