ужъ
Appearance
Old Ruthenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- вужъ (vuž)
Etymology
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*h₂éngʷʰis |
Inherited from Old East Slavic ѫжь (ǫžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫ̃žь (“snake”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ángis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis.[1][2][3] Cognate with Russian уж (už), Polish wąż, Lithuanian angìs, Latin anguis.
Noun
[edit]ужъ • (už) m animal
- grass snake (Natrix natrix) or more rarely any snake
- (figuratively) devil (in the form of the tempter serpent)
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “вуж”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 437
- ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “вуж”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 494
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “вуж₁”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 211
Further reading
[edit]- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “ужъ”, 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) “ужъ”, 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
Categories:
- Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éngʷʰis
- Old Ruthenian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Old Ruthenian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Old Ruthenian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old Ruthenian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old Ruthenian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old Ruthenian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old Ruthenian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Ruthenian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Ruthenian lemmas
- Old Ruthenian nouns
- Old Ruthenian masculine nouns
- Old Ruthenian animal nouns
- zle-ort:Snakes