See also: -ёж, еж, and -еж

Russian

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Ёж

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ežь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jɵʂ]
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Noun

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ёж (jožm anim or m inan (genitive ежа́, nominative plural ежи́, genitive plural еже́й, feminine ежи́ха, relational adjective ежо́вый, diminutive ёжик)

  1. (animate) hedgehog (animal)
  2. (inanimate) hedgehog (military barricade)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ёж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ёж”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 281

Yakut

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian ёж (jož).

Noun

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ёж (yozh)

  1. hedgehog (Erinaceinae gen.)