Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orǫžьje, from *orǫga / *orǫžь.

Pronunciation

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  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɔˈrõʑɪjɛ/, /ɔˈrõʑijɛ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɔˈruʑɪjɛ/, /ɔˈruʑijɛ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɔˈruʑjɛ/, /ɔˈruʑijɛ/
  • Hyphenation: о‧рѫ‧жи‧е

Noun

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орѫжие (orǫžijen

  1. weapons
  2. tool
  3. armor
  4. chariot

Declension

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: ару́жжа (arúžža)
  • Russian: ружьё (ružʹjó)
  • Ukrainian: ору́жжя (orúžžja)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “оружиѥ”, 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 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 709