ѫжь

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• ужь (užĭ)

Etymology 1

Мѫжь дьржить ѫжь (1) въ рѫкахъ.

From Proto-Slavic *ǫžь (“rope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈõʑɪ/→/ˈuʑɪ/→/ˈuʑ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈõʑɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈuʑɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈuʑ/

• Hyphenation: ѫ‧жь

Noun

ѫжь (ǫžĭ) m (diminutive ѫжикъ, augmentative ѫжище)

1. rope

Declension

Declension of ѫжь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ѫжь ǫžĭ	ѫжа ǫža	ѫжи ǫži
Genitive	ѫжа ǫža	ѫжу ǫžu	ѫжь ǫžĭ
Dative	ѫжу ǫžu	ѫжема ǫžema	ѫжемъ ǫžemŭ
Accusative	ѫжь ǫžĭ	ѫжа ǫža	ѫжѣ ǫžě
Instrumental	ѫжьмь ǫžĭmĭ	ѫжема ǫžema	ѫжи ǫži
Locative	ѫжи ǫži	ѫжу ǫžu	ѫжихъ ǫžixŭ
Vocative	ѫжу ǫžu	ѫжа ǫža	ѫжи ǫži

Etymology 2

Дъва ѫжа (2).

From Proto-Slavic *ǫžь (“snake”). Cognates include Old Polish wąż.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈõʑɪ/→/ˈuʑɪ/→/ˈuʑ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈõʑɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈuʑɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈuʑ/

• Hyphenation: ѫ‧жь

Noun

ѫжь (ǫžĭ) m

1. grass snake

Declension

Declension of ѫжь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ѫжь ǫžĭ	ѫжа ǫža	ѫжи ǫži
Genitive	ѫжа ǫža	ѫжу ǫžu	ѫжь ǫžĭ
Dative	ѫжу ǫžu	ѫжема ǫžema	ѫжемъ ǫžemŭ
Accusative	ѫжь ǫžĭ	ѫжа ǫža	ѫжѣ ǫžě
Instrumental	ѫжьмь ǫžĭmĭ	ѫжема ǫžema	ѫжи ǫži
Locative	ѫжи ǫži	ѫжу ǫžu	ѫжихъ ǫžixŭ
Vocative	ѫжу ǫžu	ѫжа ǫža	ѫжи ǫži

Hypernyms

• змии (zmii, “snake”)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: ужъ (už), вужъ (vuž)
  • Belarusian: вуж (vuž)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: уж (už)
  • Ukrainian: вуж (vuž), уж (už)
• Russian: уж (už)
• →? Estonian: uss

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ꙋжь”, 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 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1167
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress