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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic . Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize, grasp”). Compare Old English ġietan, English get, Ancient Greek χᾰνδᾰ́νω (khandánō, “to hold, contain”), Latin hedera (“ivy”)
Pronunciation
Noun
жуть • (žutʹ) f inan (genitive жу́ти, nominative plural жу́ти, genitive plural жу́тей)
- dismay, dread, horror
Declension
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жу́ткий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жуда́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress