дъжгь

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Old Novgorodian

дъжгь

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь (rain) from early *dúzdju, probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dusdjus, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyus (literally bad, cloudy, rainy sky), from *dus- (bad) + *dyus, from *dyew- (sky).[1] Old Pskovian reflex *zdj > жг (źg) in comparison with the typical Eastern Old Novgorodian *zdj > *ждж (*ždž).[2] Cognate with Old East Slavic *дъжджь (*dŭždžĭ), Old Ruthenian дожджъ (doždž), Old Church Slavonic дъждь (dŭždĭ), Old Polish deżdż.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: дъ‧жгь

Noun

дъжгь (dŭźgĭm

  1. (Old Pskovian, meteorology) rain
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References

  1. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2020) “дождь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 122
  2. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “§ 2.10”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 48

Further reading

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дъжгь = дъжгъ = дожгъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 754
  • Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1977), “дождь (дъждь, дъжгь, дозжъ)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 4 (г – дяфинъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 285
  • Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “дъжгъ см. дъждь”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 3 (добродѣтельно – изжечисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 117