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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ежъ, -ежь (-ež, -ežʹ), from Old East Slavic -ежь (-ežĭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ežь.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-іж • (-iž)
- suffix used to form verbal nouns that usually denote the result of the action
- плати́ти (platýty, “to pay”) + -іж (-iž) → платі́ж (platíž, “payment”)
- кра́сти (krásty, “to steal”) + -іж (-iž) → краді́ж (kradíž, “theft”)
- па́сти (pásty, “to fall”) + -іж (-iž) → паді́ж (padíž, “cattle murrain, cattle plague”)
- (obsolete) руби́ти (rubýty, “to cut, to hew”) + -іж (-iž) → рубі́ж (rubíž, “frontier”)
Derived terms