Gennadii Afanas'evich Tsykhun (30.10.1936–18.10.2024)

Authors

  • Natalia B. Korina Prof. PhDr., CSc., член Этнолингвистической комиссии при МКС, профессор кафедры славянской филологии, Философский факультет, Университет им. Константина Философа в Нитре (Словакия) , Prof. PhDr., CSc., member of Ethnolinguistic Commission of the International Committee of Slavists, professor of the Department of Slavic Philology, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31168/2412-6446.2024.19.3-4.19

Keywords:

G. A. Tsykhun, etymology, areal studies, Belarusian linguistics, Slavic studies

Abstract

The obituary lists the main stages of the professional biography of prof. G. A. Tsykhun, an outstanding Belarusian Slavist and etymologist, theorist of areal linguistics and the initiator of a number of contrastive Belarusian-Slavic studies. His achievements, main works and his contribution to Belarusian and world linguistics are assessed.

Particular attention is paid to the central areas of his scholarly activity – etymology and areal linguistics, including his works on the Balkan Language Union and his role in the creation of a multi-volume etymological dictionary of the Belarusian language. Separately, the broad spectrum of prof. Tsykhun's research and his significance for Belarusian linguistics, which thanks to him has reached a global level in many aspects, are emphasized.

The assessment of the multifaceted heritage of G. Tsykhun is complemented by a description of him as a person, which is given against the background of memories of this remarkable scholar and personality.

 

Received 20 November 2024

Revised 5 December 2024

Accepted 10 December 2024

 

For citation: Korina, N. B., 2024. Gennadii Afanas'evich Tsykhun (30.10.1936–18.10.2024). Slavic World in the Third Millennium, 19 (3–4), pp. 329–334. https://doi.org/10.31168/2412-6446.2024.19.3-4.19

Author Biography

  • Natalia B. Korina, Prof. PhDr., CSc., член Этнолингвистической комиссии при МКС, профессор кафедры славянской филологии, Философский факультет, Университет им. Константина Философа в Нитре (Словакия), Prof. PhDr., CSc., member of Ethnolinguistic Commission of the International Committee of Slavists, professor of the Department of Slavic Philology, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia)

    Postal address: Tr. A. Hlinku, 1, Nitra, 949 01, Slovakia

    E-mail: nkorina@ukf.sk

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Published

31-12-2024

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3-4 (2024)

Section

In memoriam