ежь

Adyghe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jaʑ]

Pronoun

ежь • (jeź)

1. himself

   Кӏалэм ицуакъэ ежь щэфэ — The boy's shoe fits on him.

Interjection

ежь • (jeź)

1. (colloquial) actually

   ежь фылым кӏэр афэдизэу дэгъоп къысаӏуагъ — Actually, I was told that the new movie is not that good.

   ежь тиджагъа тимыджагъа, экзамыным тыблэкӏыщтыпи тыблэкӏыщтэп — In truth, either we study or not, we won't pass the exam.

Synonyms

• езы (jezə) (Kabardian dialect)

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• ожь (ožĭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ežь (“hedgehog”).

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /jɛʑɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /jɛʑɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /jɛːʑ/

Noun

ежь (ežĭ) m

1. hedgehog
2. porcupine

Declension

Declension of ежь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ежь ežĭ	ежа eža	ежи eži
Genitive	ежа eža	ежу ežu	ежь ežĭ
Dative	ежу ežu	ежема ežema	ежемъ ežemŭ
Accusative	ежь ežĭ	ежа eža	ежѣ ežě
Instrumental	ежьмь ežĭmĭ	ежема ežema	ежи eži
Locative	ежи eži	ежу ežu	ежихъ ežixŭ
Vocative	ежу ežu	ежа eža	ежи eži

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: єжъ (jež), ѣжъ (jěž)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ї́жо (jížo)
  • Ukrainian: їж (již), їжо́ (jižó), іж (iž), іжо́ (ižó), ож (ož) (dialectal)
• Middle Russian: ежъ (jež), ожъ (ož)
  • Russian: ёж (jož); еж (jež) (dialectal); іож (iož), йож (jož), иож (iož), ежь (ježʹ) (dated)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “ежь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 820
• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “ѥжь”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols]‎^[2] (in Russian), volumes 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 204
• Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1978), “ежъ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎^[3] (in Russian), numbers 5 (е – зинутие), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
• Shmelev, D. N., editor (1987), “ожъ¹ (ожь)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎^[4] (in Russian), numbers 12 (о – опарный), Moscow: Nauka, page 296
• Sorokin, Yury S., editor (1992), “еж”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 7, Saint Petersburg: Nauka. Saint Petersburg Branch, page 72