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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic дъждь (dŭždĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, with spelling from Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation
Noun
дождь • (doždʹ) m inan (genitive дождя́, nominative plural дожди́, genitive plural дожде́й, relational adjective дождево́й, diminutive до́ждик)
- (meteorology) rain
Дождь идёт.- Doždʹ idjót.
- It’s raining.
1901, Иван Бунин [Ivan Bunin], Тишина; English translation from Silence, (Please provide a date or year):Мы прие́хали в Жене́ву под дождё́м, но́чью, но к рассве́ту от дождя́ оста́лась то́лько све́жесть в во́здухе.- My prijéxali v Ženévu pod doždjóm, nóčʹju, no k rassvétu ot doždjá ostálasʹ tólʹko svéžestʹ v vózduxe.
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Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дождь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress