Editing Meletius Smotrytsky (section)

==Grammar==

Smotrytsky is best known for his "Slavonic Grammar with Correct Syntax" ({{Lang|cu|Грамматіки славєнскиѧ правилноє Сvнтаґма}}, 1619), which codified what is now known as "Modern [[Church Slavonic]]" or, more specifically, "Meletian Church Slavonic".  It was the sole handbook for grammar in Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian lands, and had an enormous impact on the development of these languages.  Smotrytsky's work also contributed greatly to the study of Church Slavonic texts throughout Eastern Europe. The 1619 grammar was first reprinted in 1721 and many times over later on.

Smotrytsky's work for Slavic grammar can be compared by its impact with that of [[Dionysius Thrax]] for [[Greek language|Greek]] and that of [[Aelius Donatus]] and [[Priscian]] for [[Latin]].