дожджъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *дъжджь (*dŭždžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dusdjus, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyew-. Cognate with Russian дождь (doždʹ).

Noun

дожджъ • (doždžm inan

  1. rain

Descendants

  • Belarusian: до́ждж (dóždž)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: додж (dodž)
  • Ukrainian: дощ (došč); дождж (doždž), дож (dož), дорщ (doršč) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “дожджъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 755
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “дожчжъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 756
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “дощъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 829
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “дожджъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 200
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2001), “дождь”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 8 (десѧтинный – дѣдичство), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 86
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2001), “дожчъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 8 (десѧтинный – дѣдичство), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 87
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002), “дожчъ”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 216