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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic падежь (padežĭ), from Proto-Slavic *padežь. By surface analysis, пасть (pastʹ) + -ёж (-jóž). Doublet of паде́ж (padéž), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation
Noun
падёж • (padjóž) m inan (genitive падежа́, nominative plural падежи́, genitive plural падеже́й)
- (cattle) murrain, cattle plague, rinderpest
Declension