ужевый

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Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ужъ () +‎ -евый (-evyj). Cognate with Russian уже́вый (užévyj).

Adjective

ужевый (uževyj)

  1. (relational) grass snake (Natrix natrix) or more rarely any snake
  2. (figuratively, relational) devil (in the form of the tempter serpent)
    Synonym: ужовый (užovyj)

Declension

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “ужовый, ужевый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 284