Польскія і чэшскія запазычанні ў перакладах Вісліцкага статута
Polish and Czech Borrowings in the Translations of the Wiślica Statute

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the influence of Polish and Czech languages on the East Slavic legal document of the 15th century. The Wiślica Statute is a translation of Polish codices written in Latin. Two translations of the Wiślica Statute have survived: the “novgorodski” and the “supraslski”. Both documents were translated independently of each other, but under similar historical conditions. The former texts originated in the Ukrainian lands, but later they were copied in the Belarusian territory. This was reflected in the language of the documents, which contains features of both Ukrainian and Belarusian languages. In the translations of the Wiślica Statute the West Slavic linguistic influence is noticeable. The “novgorodski” text records Polonisms, as well as some Bohemisms, which penetrated through Polish mediation. The “supraslski” text contains a significant number of lexical, morphological and phonetic Bohemisms, as well as some Polonisms. The presence of polonisms in the translations is connected with the general tendency of Old Belarusian and Old Ukrainian languages to borrow Polish words. Bohemisms entered the texts either through Polish mediation or directly from the Czech language. Fragments of the “supraslski” text were probably created by a Czech translator, who used some Czech texts. This explains the presence of a large number of Bohemisms in the Statute.

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