ужас

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *užasъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

у́жас (úžasm (relational adjective ужа́сен)

  1. terror, horror

Declension

Interjection

у́жас (úžas)

  1. it's terrible!

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *užasъ (amazement, horror).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: у‧жас

Noun

у́жас (úžasm (plural у́жаси, relational adjective у́жасен)

  1. horror, terror
  2. something horrible, terrible, dreadful, awful

Declension

References

  • ужас” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ужасъ (užasŭ), from Proto-Slavic *užasъ (amazement, horror).

Pronunciation

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Noun

у́жас (úžasm inan (genitive у́жаса, nominative plural у́жасы, genitive plural у́жасов, relational adjective ужа́сный)

  1. horror, terror
  2. disaster, mess

Declension

Synonyms

Interjection

у́жас (úžas)

  1. it's terrible!
    Synonym: кошма́р (košmár)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ужас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ужас”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 285

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *užasъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ûʒaːs/
  • Hyphenation: у‧жас

Noun

у̏жа̄с m (Latin spelling ȕžās)

  1. horror, terror

Declension