дъжгити

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъždžiti, from *dъ̀ždžь (“rain”) with Old Pskovian reflex *zdj > жг (źg) in comparison with the typical Eastern Old Novgorodian *zdj > *ждж (*ždž). By surface analysis, дъжгь (dŭźgĭ, “rain”) +‎ -ити (-iti). Cognate with Old Ruthenian дожджити (doždžiti), Old Church Slavonic дъждити (dŭžditi), Old Polish dżdżyć.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: дъ‧жги‧ти

Verb

дъжгити • (dŭźgiti) impf

1. (Old Pskovian) to rain

   Synonym: дъжгꙗти (dŭźgjati)

Related terms

Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew- (0 c, 7 e)

adjectives

• дъжгеве (dŭžgeve, “rainy”)
• дъжгевьне (dŭžgevĭne, “rainy”)

 

nouns

• беꙁдъжгьѥ n (bezdŭžgĭje, “rainlessness, drought”)
• дъжгь m (dŭžgĭ, “rain”)
• дъжгьць m (dŭžgĭćĭ, “small rain”)

 

verbs

• дъжгꙗти (dŭžgjati, “to rain”)

 

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дъжгити”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 754
• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “дъжгити см. дъжгити”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 117