орѫжие

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orǫžьje. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic орѫжиѥ (orǫžije).

At some point, an accentuation borrowed from Old Church Slavonic was introduced, whereas the native pronunciation continued to be used colloquially.

Pronunciation

  • (native)
  • IPA(key): /ɔrõʑɪˈjɛ/, /ɔrõʑiˈjɛ//ɔruʑɪˈjɛ/, /ɔruʑiˈjɛ//ɔruʑˈjɛ/, /ɔruʑiˈjɛ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɔrõʑɪˈjɛ/, /ɔrõʑiˈjɛ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɔruʑɪˈjɛ/, /ɔruʑiˈjɛ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɔruʑˈjɛ/, /ɔruʑiˈjɛ/

  • (borrowed)
  • IPA(key): /ɔˈrõʑɪjɛ/, /ɔˈrõʑijɛ//ɔˈruʑɪjɛ/, /ɔˈruʑijɛ//ɔˈruʑjɛ/, /ɔˈruʑijɛ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɔˈrõʑɪjɛ/, /ɔˈrõʑijɛ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɔˈruʑɪjɛ/, /ɔˈruʑijɛ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɔˈruʑjɛ/, /ɔˈruʑijɛ/

  • Hyphenation: о‧рѫ‧жи‧е

Noun

орѫжие (orǫžijen (related adjective оружиинъ)

  1. tool
  2. weapon
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 4:
      красота воиноу ороужиѥ· и кораблѫ вѣтрила· тако и правьдникоу почитание книжьноѥ·
      krasota voinu oružije· i korablǫ větrila· tako i pravĭdniku počitanije knižĭnoje·
      To a warrior his weapon is a virtue, and to a ship its sails; and in the same way the reading of books to a righteous person.
  3. armor
  4. chariot

Declension

Declension of орѫжие (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative орѫжие
orǫžije
орѫжии
orǫžii
орѫжиꙗ
orǫžija
genitive орѫжиꙗ
orǫžija
орѫжию
orǫžiju
орѫжии
orǫžii
dative орѫжию
orǫžiju
орѫжиема
orǫžijema
орѫжиемъ
orǫžijemŭ
accusative орѫжие
orǫžije
орѫжии
orǫžii
орѫжиꙗ
orǫžija
instrumental орѫжиимь
orǫžiimĭ
орѫжиема
orǫžijema
орѫжии
orǫžii
locative орѫжии
orǫžii
орѫжию
orǫžiju
орѫжиихъ
orǫžiixŭ
vocative орѫжие
orǫžije
орѫжии
orǫžii
орѫжиꙗ
orǫžija

Synonyms

Descendants

(from the native pronunciation)

  • Old Ruthenian: оружьє́ (oružʹjé)
  • Russian: ружьё (ružʹjó), (dialectal) оружьё (oružʹjó) (see there for further descendants)

(from the borrowed pronunciation)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “оружиѥ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 709
  • Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (2019) “оружье́”, in Древнерусское ударение: Общие сведения и словарь (in Russian), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Moscow: Publishing House “YASK”, →DOI, →ISBN, page 253