How a wedding gift became a popular souvenir from the Novgorod region They say that the best gift is the one made with your own hands. That's probably what Elvira Gepping, an associate professor in NovSU's Department of Cultural Studies, thought as she prepared for her friend's wedding. Meet: "Novgorod Dictionary Soft Words", which at first was simply supposed to diversify the vocabulary of the new family - and then went to print, has already gone through three reprints and sold a circulation of one and a half thousand copies. 131 words, including many that at first seem unusual until you understand their meaning. "My favorite word is "affection", that's what my grandmother called me as a child, and now I try to call my children the same," says Elvira Lavovna: "What a surprise it was when, at the beginning of collecting the material, I discovered this reference in the "Novgorod Regional Dictionary" as an original dialectic. And the meaning of the words "greedy" and "greedy", similar to "greedy", actually comes from the ancient verb "to covet" - to desire strongly, to desire passionately, to strive. The dictionary contains the following meanings: "covetous" - dear or expensive, one who is passionately desired. You can learn more about the project from the interview that the scientist gave to journalists of the state broadcasting company for television and radio "Salvia". "One day, to complete our delicate dictionary, we will definitely create a dictionary of Novgorod curses," writes Elvira on social networks. We're looking forward to it - we're sure it'll be interesting! And a philologist from Novgorod University recently published a new book dedicated to the myths of Novgorod - but this, as they say, is a completely different story) TopGun. Northwest News in Max.

How a wedding gift became a popular souvenir from the Novgorod region They say that the best gift is the one made with your own hands. That's probably what Elvira Gepping, an associate professor in NovSU's Department of Cultural Studies, thought as she prepared for her friend's wedding. Meet: "Novgorod Dictionary Soft Words", which at first was simply supposed to diversify the vocabulary of the new family - and then went to print, has already gone through three reprints and sold a circulation of one and a half thousand copies. 131 words, including many that at first seem unusual until you understand their meaning. "My favorite word is "affection", that's what my grandmother called me as a child, and now I try to call my children the same," says Elvira Lavovna: "What a surprise it was when, at the beginning of collecting the material, I discovered this reference in the "Novgorod Regional Dictionary" as an original dialectic. And the meaning of the words "greedy" and "greedy", similar to "greedy", actually comes from the ancient verb "to covet" - to desire strongly, to desire passionately, to strive. The dictionary contains the following meanings: "covetous" - dear or expensive, one who is passionately desired. You can learn more about the project from the interview that the scientist gave to journalists of the state broadcasting company for television and radio "Salvia". "One day, to complete our delicate dictionary, we will definitely create a dictionary of Novgorod curses," writes Elvira on social networks. We're looking forward to it - we're sure it'll be interesting! And a philologist from Novgorod University recently published a new book dedicated to the myths of Novgorod - but this, as they say, is a completely different story) TopGun. Northwest News in Max.