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Ukrainian
Etymology
по- (po-) + Old Ruthenian же[г]чи (žeči, “to burn”) + -я (-ja), ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *žeťi.
Pronunciation
Noun
поже́жа • (požéža) f inan (genitive поже́жі, nominative plural поже́жі, genitive plural поже́ж)
- fire, conflagration (occurrence of fire in a certain place, e.g. in a wood or a house, either spontaneous or deliberate)
Declension
Declension of поже́жа (inan semisoft fem-form accent-a)
Synonyms
- багаття n (bahattja) (near-synonym since it means "bonfire", which is always deliberate)
- вогонь m (vohonʹ) (general word to translate "fire")
Derived terms
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пожежа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “пожежа”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “пожежа”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)