ежь

Adyghe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jaʑ]

Pronoun

ежь • (jeź)

1. himself

   Кӏалэм ицуакъэ ежь щэфэ ― Kʼalɛm jicʷaqɛ jeź śɛfɛ ― The boy's shoe fits on him.

Interjection

ежь • (jeź)

1. (colloquial) actually

   ежь фылым кӏэр афэдизэу дэгъоп къысаӏуагъ ― jeź fələm kʼɛr afɛdizɛwu dɛğʷop qəsaʼwağ ― Actually, I was told that the new movie is not that good.

   ежь тиджагъа тимыджагъа, экзамыным тыблэкӏыщтыпи тыблэкӏыщтэп ― jeź tidžağa timədžağa, ɛkzamənəm təblɛkʼəśtəpi təblɛkʼəśtɛp ― In truth, either we study or not, we won't pass the exam.

Synonyms

• езы (jezə) (Kabardian dialect)

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• ожь (ožĭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ežь (“hedgehog”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ежь (ježĭ) m

1. hedgehog
2. porcupine

Declension

Declension of ежь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ежь ježĭ	ежа ježa	ежи ježi
Genitive	ежа ježa	ежу ježu	ежь ježĭ
Dative	ежу ježu	ежема ježema	ежемъ ježemŭ
Accusative	ежь ježĭ	ежа ježa	ежѣ ježě
Instrumental	ежьмь ježĭmĭ	ежема ježema	ежи ježi
Locative	ежи ježi	ежу ježu	ежихъ ježixŭ
Vocative	ежу ježu	ежа ježa	ежи ježi

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: єжъ (jež), ѣжъ (jěž)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ї́жо (jížo)
  • Ukrainian: їж (již), їжо́ (jižó), іж (iž), іжо́ (ižó), ож (ož) (dialectal)
• Middle Russian: ежъ (jež), ожъ (ož)
  • Russian: ёж (jož); еж (jež) (dialectal); іож (iož), йож (jož), иож (iož), ежь (ježʹ) (dated)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “ежь”, 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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 820
• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “ѥжь”, 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 204
• Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1978), “ежъ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 5 (е – зинутие), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
• Shmelev, D. N., editor (1987), “ожъ¹ (ожь)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 12 (о – опарный), Moscow: Nauka, page 296
• Sorokin, Yury S., editor (1992), “еж”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 7, Saint Petersburg: Nauka. Saint Petersburg Branch, page 72