дъжгь
Old Novgorodian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь. First attested in 1145. Compare Old East Slavic *дъжджь (*dŭždžĭ), Old Ruthenian дожджъ (doždž).
Noun
editдъжгь (dŭžgĭ) m
- (Old Pskovian) (meteorology) rain
- потомь поиде дъжгь ― potomĭ poide dŭžgĭ ― then it will rain
- былъ дъжгь съ градомь ― bylŭ dŭžgĭ sŭ gradomĭ ― there was rain and hail
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дъжгь = дъжгъ = дожгъ”, 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 754