Reconstruction:Old East Slavic/дъжджь

This Old East Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

дъжжь (dŭžžĭ), дъжчь (dŭžčĭ)

Etymology

Expected reflex of Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь. Compare Old Pskovian дъжгь (dŭźgĭ). Doublet of дъждь (dŭždĭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

*дъжджь (*dŭždžĭ) m^[1]

(meteorology) rain

Declension

Declension of *дъжджь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	дoжджь doždžĭ	дoжджа doždža	дoжджи doždži
genitive	дoжджа doždža	дoжджу doždžu	дoжджь doždžĭ
dative	дoжджу doždžu	дoжджема doždžema	дoжджемъ doždžemŭ
accusative	дoжджь doždžĭ	дoжджа doždža	дoжджѣ doždžě
instrumental	дoжджьмь doždžĭmĭ	дoжджема doždžema	дoжджи doždži
locative	дoжджи doždži	дoжджу doždžu	дoжджихъ doždžixŭ
vocative	дoжджу doždžu	дoжджа doždža	дoжджи doždži

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: дожджъ (doždž), дождчъ (doždč), дожчъ (dožč), дощъ (došč)
- Belarusian: до́ждж (dóždž)
- Carpathian Rusyn: додж (dodž)
- Ukrainian: дощ (došč); дождж (doždž), дож (dož), дорщ (doršč) (dialectal)
Russian: дожж (dožž) (obsolete, dialectal)

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964) “дождь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – Д), Moscow: Progress, page 521: “*дъжджь ― *dʺždžʹ”

[1] Vasmer, Max (1964) “дождь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – Д), Moscow: Progress, page 521: “*дъжджь ― *dʺždžʹ”

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