дъжгьць

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъždžьcь, from *dъ̀ždžь (“rain”) with Old Pskovian reflex *zdj > жг (źg) in comparison with the typical Eastern Old Novgorodian *zdj > *ждж (*ždž). By surface analysis, дъжгь (dŭźgĭ, “rain”) +‎ -ьць (-ĭćĭ). First attested in 1114. Cognate with Ukrainian доще́ць (doščécʹ).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: дъ‧жгь‧ць

Noun

дъжгьць • (dŭźgĭćĭ) m

1. (Old Pskovian, hapax) diminutive of дъжгь (dŭžgĭ): small rain

   дожгьцю бꙑвшю и тучи велиции. пшеница с водою. многою смъшена спаде.

   doźgĭćju byvśju i tući velićii. pśenića ś vodoju. mnogoju śmŭśena śpade.

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”)
• дъжгь m (dŭžgĭ, “rain”)

 

verbs

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

 

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дъжгьць”, 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
• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “дъжгьць”, 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