иже

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See also: їже

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From и (i) +‎ же (že), Proto-Slavic *jь že.

Pronoun

иже (iže)

  1. who (relative pronoun)
  2. which, that (relative pronoun)
    • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Leviticus 8.16:
      И҆ взѧ̀ моѷсїи весь тꙋ́къ и҆́же въ ꙋ҆тро́бѣ и҆ по́вразъ ꙗ҆́тре́нїи,...
      I҆ vzę̀ moü̏sii vesĭ túkŭ i҆́že vŭ u҆tróbě i҆ póvrazŭ ja҆́trénii,...
      And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver,...
  3. wherewith, by whom (instrumental case)
  4. whereunto, wherein, whither (accusative case)
  5. what (genitive case)
  6. whereon (prepositional case)

Declension

References

  • Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jь že, equivalent to и (i, he) +‎ -же (-že). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic иже (iže).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɪʑɛ//ˈjɪʑɛ//ˈjɛʑɛ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɪʑɛ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɪʑɛ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɛʑɛ/

  • Hyphenation: и‧же

Pronoun

иже (iže)

  1. who, which, that (relative pronoun)

Declension

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “иже”, 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1027

Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic иже (iže), from Proto-Slavic *jь že.

Pronoun

и́же (ížem

  1. (archaic, ecclesiastic or literary) which; et cetera
Usage notes
  • In modern Russian, the inflections are not preserved, and various forms are perceived as independent.
Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “иже”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic иже (iže).

Noun

и́же (ížen inan (indeclinable)

  1. izhe, Church Slavonic name of the Cyrillic letter и