Vidapellative microtoponyms of Zhytomyr region: history of formation and semantics

Nadiia Sarhan, Postgraduate student of the Department of History of the Ukrainian Language and Onomastics
Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
4 Mykhaіlo Hrushevskyi St., Kyiv 01001, Ukraine

E-mail: ndzdmarchuk@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7873-3549

Heading: Young Scholars Articles
Language: Ukrainian

Abstract: The ethno-cultural region of Polissia is located on the territory of modern Ukraine and Belarus. As a result of wet, woody and marshy terrain which is caused by the phisico-geographical properties of the territory, the population density is low. Consequently, the array of traditional intangible culture, which is reflected in microtoponyms, has been well preserved due to the peculiarities of their creation and functioning. Taking this into consideration, their fixation and research is an important task for modern onomastics, linguistics and many other scientific areas. This article is dedicated to the research of Zhytomyr Polissia’s microtoponyms, originating from geographical terms (e.g. Vidʹma, Hvizdʹ, Vyla, Sazhavka, Hrebinetsʹ, Topylo, etc.). The comparison of the studied names with the similar onyms of other Ukrainian regions, has made it possible to observe the difference in the meaning of the appellative, which has formed the basis of microtoponyms in different territories (e. g. Topilʹnia, Hrebinetsʹ). Microtoponyms with the same meaning, but different pronunciation (e. g. Sazhalka — Sadzhalka — Sazhavka) are representative as well. The study of some names has been required a detailed examination of the adjacent object’s names. Let us examine it with the geographical term “hvizdʹ”, which has become a word-formation for the similary named microtoponym. This lexeme has been regarded unknown to the Eastern Slavs for a long time. The overwhelming amount of the natural boundaries’ proper names, formed by the forest trees’ names (e. g. Hnylyi Dub, Velykyi Lis, Zaberezzia, Lypnyk, etc.), confirmes that the appellative “hvizdʹ” has remained the meaning of the word ‘wood’ on the reaserched area. Therefore, the microtoponyms of Zhytomyr Polissia’s research demonstrates: a strong correlation between geographical terminology based on the proper names and the studied area’s natural features; the difference in pronunciation and semantics of word-building lexemes, depending on the region’s dialect characteristics; the historical context’s influence on the name forming process.

Keywords: microtoponym, geographical term, Polissia, influence of natural features on onimization.

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