пенєжи

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Cognate with Czech peníze, Polish pieniądze and Slovak peniaze.

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• Rhymes: -ɛʒi
• Hyphenation: пе‧нє‧жи

пенєжи (penježi) m inan (diminutive пенєщок, augmentative пенєжиска, related adjective пенєжни) (plural only)

1. money

   Synonyms: пенєж (penjež), пенєжки (penježki)

   мац пенєжи як плєви ― mac penježi jak pljevi ― to have a lot of money (literally, “to have money like chaff”)

2. (colloquial) cash

   Synonyms: ґрайцари (grajcari), динари (dinari), пенєжки (penježki)

   буц при пенєжи ― buc pri penježi ― to have cash on oneself (literally, “to be by the money”)

• The singular form пенєж (penjež) is less common, but not obsolete. The two forms are often interchangeable, even in idioms and fixed phrases. However, the augmentative form пенєжиска n pl (penježiska) and the endearing form пенєжки pl (penježki) are plural only.

пенєжи (penježi) m inan pl

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of пенєж (penjež)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “пенєжи”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy