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Old Novgorodian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъždžati, from *dъ̀ždžь (“rain”) with Old Pskovian reflex *zdj > жг (źg) in comparison with the typical Eastern Old Novgorodian *zdj > *ждж (*ždž).[1] By surface analysis, дъжгь (dŭźgĭ, “rain”) + -ꙗти (-jati). First attested in 1270. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дъждати (dŭždati).
Pronunciation
Verb
дъжгꙗти • (dŭźgjati) impf
- (Old Pskovian, hapax) to rain
- Synonym: дъжгити (dŭźgiti)
- дъжгяѥтъ на правьднꙑꙗ ― dŭźgjajetŭ na pravĭdnyja
- беꙁдъжгьѥ n (bezdŭžgĭje, “rainlessness, drought”)
- дъжгь m (dŭžgĭ, “rain”)
- дъжгьць m (dŭžgĭćĭ, “small rain”)
References
- ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “§ 2.10”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 48
Further reading
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дъжгѧти”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 754