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ежь

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Adyghe

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ежь (jeź)

  1. himself
    Кӏалэм ицуакъэ ежь щэфэ — The boy's shoe fits on him.

Interjection

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ежь (jeź)

  1. (colloquial) actually
    ежь фылым кӏэр афэдизэу дэгъоп къысаӏуагъActually, I was told that the new movie is not that good.
    ежь тиджагъа тимыджагъа, экзамыным тыблэкӏыщтыпи тыблэкӏыщтэпIn truth, either we study or not, we won't pass the exam.

Synonyms

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  • езы (jezə) (Kabardian dialect)

Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ežь (hedgehog).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ежь (ežĭm

  1. hedgehog
  2. porcupine

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: єжъ (jež), ѣжъ (jěž)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ї́жо (jížo)
    • Ukrainian: їж (již), їжо́ (jižó), іж (), іжо́ (ižó), ож () (dialectal)
  • Middle Russian: ежъ (jež), ожъ ()

References

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  • 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