СЛОВЕНСКИ ГЛАГОлИ ОЛФАКТОРНЕ ПЕРЦЕПЦИЈЕ И ЊИХОВЕ ПАРАЛЕЛЕ У БАЧКО-СРЕМСКОМ РУСИНСКОМ ЈЕЗИКУ
SLAVIC VERBS OF OLFACTORY PERCEPTION AND THEIR PARALLELS IN BAČKA-SREM RUTHENIAN

Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to analyzing basic verbs of olfactory perception in the Bačka-Srem Ruthenian language, with particular attention to their etymology and semantic organization. From the perspective of Slavic etymology, as with other contemporary Slavic languages, this language also possesses verbs of olfactory perception inherited from Proto-Slavic verbs which directly or indirectly relate to the olfactory perception. However, in each language, their distribution and lexical systems are organized to varying degrees in different ways. The paper examines the lexical system of basic olfactory perception verbs in the mentioned language and confirms the following conclusions: (1) The language in question has verbs for denoting olfactory situations that have originated from the Proto-Slavic verbs, such as njuxac ‘sniff’, njuxcic ‘sniff’ (< *njuxati), paxac ‘smell at’ (< *paxati), paxnuc ‘smell’ (< *paxnǫti), buc čuc ‘be olfactible’, čuc še ‘smell’ (< *čuti), and šmerdzic ‘stink’ (< *smьrděti); (2) In the xamined language, an opposition is observed between five main semantic zones of perception and their differentiation using lexical and grammatical means; (3) The lexical system of the examined language shows the greatest similarities with the languages that are genetically and areally related.

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