Old Ruthenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From ужъ () +‎ -евый (-evyj). Cognate with Russian уже́вый (užévyj).

Adjective edit

ужевый (uževyj)

  1. (relational) grass snake (Natrix natrix) or more rarely any snake
  2. (figuratively, relational) devil (in the form of the tempter serpent)
    Synonym: ужовый (užovyj)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “ужовый, ужевый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 284