ежь
Adyghe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jaʑ]
Pronoun
ежь • (jeź)
- himself
- Кӏалэм ицуакъэ ежь щэфэ ― Kʼalɛm jicʷaqɛ jeź śɛfɛ ― The boy's shoe fits on him.
Interjection
ежь • (jeź)
- (colloquial) actually
- ежь фылым кӏэр афэдизэу дэгъоп къысаӏуагъ ― jeź fələm kʼɛr afɛdizɛwu dɛğʷop qəsaʼwağ ― Actually, I was told that the new movie is not that good.
- ежь тиджагъа тимыджагъа, экзамыным тыблэкӏыщтыпи тыблэкӏыщтэп ― jeź tidžağa timədžağa, ɛkzamənəm təblɛkʼəśtəpi təblɛkʼəśtɛp ― In truth, either we study or not, we won't pass the exam.
Synonyms
- езы (jezə) (Kabardian dialect)
Old East Slavic
Alternative forms
- ожь (ožĭ)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ežь (“hedgehog”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛʑɪ/→/ˈjɛʑɪ/→/ˈjɛːʑ/
Noun
ежь (ježĭ) m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ежь ježĭ |
ежа ježa |
ежи ježi |
| genitive | ежа ježa |
ежу ježu |
ежь ježĭ |
| dative | ежу ježu |
ежема ježema |
ежемъ ježemŭ |
| accusative | ежь ježĭ |
ежа ježa |
ежѣ ježě |
| instrumental | ежьмь ježĭmĭ |
ежема ježema |
ежи ježi |
| locative | ежи ježi |
ежу ježu |
ежихъ ježixŭ |
| vocative | ежу ježu |
ежа ježa |
ежи ježi |
Descendants
- Old Ruthenian: єжъ (jež), ѣжъ (jěž)
- Carpathian Rusyn: ї́жо (jížo)
- Ukrainian: їж (již), їжо́ (jižó), іж (iž), іжо́ (ižó), ож (ož) (dialectal)
- Middle Russian: ежъ (jež), ожъ (ož)
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “ежь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 820
- Avanesov, R. I., editor (1990), “ѥжь”, 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 204
- Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1978), “ежъ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 5 (е – зинутие), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
- Shmelev, D. N., editor (1987), “ожъ¹ (ожь)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 12 (о – опарный), Moscow: Nauka, page 296
- Sorokin, Yury S., editor (1992), “еж”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 7, Saint Petersburg: Nauka. Saint Petersburg Branch, page 72