дъжгꙗти

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъždžati, from *dъ̀ždžь (“rain”) with Old Pskovian reflex *zdj > жг (źg) in comparison with the typical Eastern Old Novgorodian *zdj > *ждж (*ždž).^[1] By surface analysis, дъжгь (dŭźgĭ, “rain”) +‎ -ꙗти (-jati). First attested in 1270. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дъждати (dŭždati).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: дъ‧жгꙗ‧ти

Verb

дъжгꙗти • (dŭźgjati) impf

(Old Pskovian, hapax legomenon) to rain
Synonym: дъжгити (dŭźgiti)

дъжгяѥтъ на правьднꙑꙗ ― dŭźgjajetŭ na pravĭdnyja

Related terms

Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew- (0 c, 7 e)

adjectives

дъжгеве (dŭžgeve, “rainy”)
дъжгевьне (dŭžgevĭne, “rainy”)

nouns

беꙁдъжгьѥ n (bezdŭžgĭje, “rainlessness, drought”)
дъжгь m (dŭžgĭ, “rain”)
дъжгьць m (dŭžgĭćĭ, “small rain”)

verbs

дъжгити (dŭžgiti, “to rain”)

References

^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “§ 2.10”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 48

Further reading

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дъжгѧти”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 754