дождь
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic дъждь (dŭždĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, with spelling from Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
дождь • (doždʹ) m inan (genitive дождя́, nominative plural дожди́, genitive plural дожде́й, relational adjective дождево́й, diminutive до́ждик)
- (meteorology) rain
- Дождь идёт.
- Doždʹ idjót.
- It’s raining.
Declension edit
Pre-reform declension of дождь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b)
Related terms edit
- дождли́вый (doždlívyj) (adjective)
- дождевание (doždevanije)
- дождеви́к (doždevík)
- до́ждичек (dóždiček) (diminutive)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дождь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress