одёжа

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See also: одежа

Russian

Etymology

Inherited East Slavic form of Proto-Slavic *odeďa. Doublet of оде́жда (odéžda), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

Noun

одёжа (odjóžaf inan (genitive одёжи, nominative plural одёжи, genitive plural одёж, relational adjective одёжный, diminutive одёжка, pejorative одежо́нка)

  1. (colloquial, dated) clothes, clothing, garments
    Synonym: оде́жда f (odéžda)
    • 1913, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], “XI”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      — В на́ши-те го́ды одё́жа куда́ краси́вей да бога́че ны́нешней была́! Одё́жа бога́че, а жи́ли — про́ще, ла́днее. Прошли́ времена́, не воро́тятся! Ну, примеря́й, ряди́сь…
      — V náši-te gódy odjóža kudá krasívej da bogáče nýnešnej bylá! Odjóža bogáče, a žíli — próšče, ládneje. Prošlí vremená, ne vorótjatsja! Nu, primerjáj, rjadísʹ…
      ‘In my days dresses were far richer and finer than they are today,’ he would say. ‘They spent more on dresses then, but lived more simply, peacefully. Those times will never return! Try this one on.’

Declension

References

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