ѫжь

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Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Мѫжь дьржить ѫжь (1) въ рѫкахъ.

From Proto-Slavic *ǫžь (rope).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈõʑɪ//ˈuʑɪ//ˈuʑ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈõʑɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈuʑɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈuʑ/
  • Hyphenation: ѫ‧жь

Noun

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ѫжь (ǫžĭm (diminutive ѫжикъ, augmentative ѫжище)

  1. rope
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Etymology 2

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Дъва ѫжа (2).

From Proto-Slavic *ǫžь (snake). Cognates include Old Polish wąż.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈõʑɪ//ˈuʑɪ//ˈuʑ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈõʑɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈuʑɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈuʑ/
  • Hyphenation: ѫ‧жь

Noun

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ѫжь (ǫžĭm

  1. grass snake
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Hypernyms
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Descendants
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  • Old Ruthenian: ужъ (), вужъ (vuž)
    • Belarusian: вуж (vuž)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: уж ()
    • Ukrainian: вуж (vuž), уж ()
  • Russian: уж ()
  • ? Estonian: uss

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ꙋжь”, 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 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1167
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress