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дождь

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See also: дожд and дъжд

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic дъждь (dŭždĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, with spelling from Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [doʂtʲ]
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  • IPA(key): [doɕː] (less formal)
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Noun

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дождь (doždʹm inan (genitive дождя́, nominative plural дожди́, genitive plural дожде́й, relational adjective дождево́й, diminutive до́ждик)

  1. (meteorology) rain
    Дождь идёт.
    Doždʹ idjót.
    It’s raining.
    • 1901, Иван Бунин [Ivan Bunin], Тишина; English translation from Silence, (Please provide a date or year):
      Мы прие́хали в Жене́ву под дождё́м, но́чью, но к рассве́ту от дождя́ оста́лась то́лько све́жесть в во́здухе.
      My prijéxali v Ženévu pod doždjóm, nóčʹju, no k rassvétu ot doždjá ostálasʹ tólʹko svéžestʹ v vózduxe.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дождь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress