узкий
Russian
editAlternative forms
edit- у́зкій (úzkij) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫzъkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognates include Armenian անձուկ (anjuk, “narrow”), German eng (“narrow”), Irish cúng (“narrow”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Sanskrit अंहु (aṃhu, “narrow”).
Sense 3 was popularised by a parody of Shaman's music video "Ya Russkiy" ("I am a Russian") as a pun on "ру́сский" ("a Russian").
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editу́зкий • (úzkij) (comparative (по)у́же, superlative узча́йший, adverb у́зко, abstract noun у́зость, diminutive у́зенький)
Usage notes
editThe short form should not be conflated with the adjective у́зок (úzok, “too narrow”), which has lexicalized as a short-form-only adjective in its own right.
Declension
editDeclension of у́зкий (short class cʹ*)
masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | у́зкий úzkij |
у́зкое úzkoje |
у́зкая úzkaja |
у́зкие úzkije | |
genitive | у́зкого úzkovo |
у́зкой úzkoj |
у́зких úzkix | ||
dative | у́зкому úzkomu |
у́зкой úzkoj |
у́зким úzkim | ||
accusative | animate | у́зкого úzkovo |
у́зкое úzkoje |
у́зкую úzkuju |
у́зких úzkix |
inanimate | у́зкий úzkij |
у́зкие úzkije | |||
instrumental | у́зким úzkim |
у́зкой, у́зкою úzkoj, úzkoju |
у́зкими úzkimi | ||
prepositional | у́зком úzkom |
у́зкой úzkoj |
у́зких úzkix | ||
short form | у́зок úzok |
у́зко úzko |
узка́ uzká |
узки́, у́зки uzkí, úzki |
Antonyms
edit- широ́кий (širókij)
Derived terms
edit- зау́зить (zaúzitʹ)
- су́зить (súzitʹ)
- узкова́тый (uzkovátyj)
- у́зок (úzok)
- у́зость (úzostʹ)
- узкоколе́йный (uzkokoléjnyj)
Categories:
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enǵʰ-
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms with audio links
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian adjectives
- Russian internet slang
- Russian derogatory terms
- Russian intentional misspellings
- Russian velar-stem stem-stressed adjectives
- Russian adjectives with short forms
- Russian adjectives with short accent pattern cʹ
- Russian adjectives with reducible short stem