дъжгь

Old Novgorodian

дъжгь

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь (“rain”) from early *dúzdju, probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dusdjus, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyus (literally “bad, cloudy, rainy sky”), from *dus- (“bad”) + *dyus, from *dyew- (“sky”). Old Pskovian reflex *zdj > жг (źg) in comparison with the typical Eastern Old Novgorodian *zdj > *ждж (*ždž). Cognate with Old East Slavic *дъжджь (*dŭždžĭ), Old Ruthenian дожджъ (doždž), Old Church Slavonic дъждь (dŭždĭ), Old Polish deżdż.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: дъ‧жгь

Noun

дъжгь • (dŭźgĭ) m

1. (Old Pskovian, meteorology) rain
   • 1145, Новгородская первая летопись [Novgorod First Chronicle], Синодальный список [Synod Scroll], Novgorod Republic:

     · теплѣ велми переже жатвꙑ по томь наиде дъжгь ·

     · teplě velmi pereže žatvy po tomĭ naide dŭžgĭ ·

     Very warm before the harvest, then it will rain.

   • 1149, Новгородская первая летопись [Novgorod First Chronicle], Синодальный список [Synod Scroll], Novgorod Republic:

     · въ лѣ^т̑ · ҂ꙅ҃ · х҃ · н҃ꙅ · бꙑ^с̑ дъжгь съ градомь ·

     · vŭ lě^t̑ · 6657 · by^s̑ dŭžgĭ sŭ gradomĭ ·

     In 1149 there was rain and hail.

Related terms

Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew- (0 c, 7 e)

adjectives

• дъжгеве (dŭžgeve, “rainy”)
• дъжгевьне (dŭžgevĭne, “rainy”)

 

nouns

• беꙁдъжгьѥ n (bezdŭžgĭje, “rainlessness, drought”)
• дъжгьць m (dŭžgĭćĭ, “small rain”)

 

verbs

• дъжгити (dŭžgiti, “to rain”)
• дъжгꙗти (dŭžgjati, “to rain”)

 

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дъжгь = дъжгъ = дожгъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 754
• Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1977), “дождь (дъждь, дъжгь, дозжъ)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 4 (г – дяфинъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 285
• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “дъжгъ см. дъждь”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 117