ужевый

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Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ужъ () +‎ -евый (-evyj). Cognate with Russian уже́вый (užévyj).

Adjective

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ужевый (uževyj)

  1. (relational) grass snake (Natrix natrix) or more rarely any snake
  2. (figuratively, relational) devil (in the form of the tempter serpent)
    Synonym: ужовый (užovyj)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “ужовый, ужевый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 284