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ужовый

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Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ужъ () +‎ -овый (-ovyj). Cognate with Russian ужо́вый (užóvyj), Polish wężowy.

Adjective

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ужовый (užovyj)

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

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: вужо́вы (vužóvy)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ужо́вый (užóvŷj)
  • Ukrainian: вужо́вий (vužóvyj), ужо́вий (užóvyj) (dialectal)

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
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “ужовый”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 420