жуть

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic [Term?]. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize, grasp”). Compare Old English ġietan, English get, Ancient Greek χᾰνδᾰ́νω (khăndắnō, “to hold, contain”), Latin hedera (“ivy”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐutʲ]

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• Rhymes: -utʲ

Noun

жуть • (žutʹ) f inan (genitive жу́ти, nominative plural жу́ти, genitive plural жу́тей)

1. dismay, dread, horror

Declension

Declension of жуть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	жу́ть žútʹ	жу́ти žúti
genitive	жу́ти žúti	жу́тей žútej
dative	жу́ти žúti	жу́тям žútjam
accusative	жу́ть žútʹ	жу́ти žúti
instrumental	жу́тью žútʹju	жу́тями žútjami
prepositional	жу́ти žúti	жу́тях žútjax

Related terms

• жу́ткий (žútkij)

Further reading

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