дъжгꙗти

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъždžati, 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”) +‎ -ꙗти (-jati). First attested in 1270. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дъждати (dŭždati).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: дъ‧жгꙗ‧ти

Verb

дъжгꙗти • (dŭźgjati) impf

1. (Old Pskovian, hapax) to rain

   Synonym: дъжгити (dŭźgiti)

   дъжгяѥтъ на правьднꙑꙗ ― dŭźgjajetŭ na pravĭdnyja

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

• дъжгити (dŭžgiti, “to rain”)

 

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дъжгѧти”, 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