Оним «Каялы» в Ипатьевской летописи
Hydronim “Kayala” in Ipatijevskya Chronicle

Summary/Abstract: The article represents the first part of the book devoted to the semantic-grammatical and phonetic features, idea-stylistic functions of the name of the Kayala river. The history of the problem is summarized. The researcher applies traditional procedures of the analysis and attempts to examine phonetic-semantic content of Kayala, treating the word as an organizing center of chronicler’s poetry and religious-didactic motifs of his storytelling. Elements of epic structure, systems of poetic figures have been distinguished.

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