Єзучъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• Єзуча (Jezuča), Ꙗзуча (Jazuča)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably originates from *Єзучаꙗ рѣка (*Jezučaja rěka) and *Ꙗзучаꙗ рѣка (*Jazučaja rěka, literally “river with weirs”), from *єзучїй (*jezučij), *ꙗзучїй (*jazučij), *ѣзучїй (*jězučij), from ѣзъ (jěz), ꙗзъ (jaz), єзъ (jez), from Old East Slavic ѣзъ (jězŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ězъ (“weir, dike, dam, barrage”).

Proper noun

Єзучъ • (Jezuč) m

1. Yezuch (a river in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine)

   Synonyms: Конотопъ (Konotop), Сарнавщина (Sarnavščina)

Descendants

• Ukrainian: Є́зуч (Jézuč); (obsolete) Є́зус (Jézus); (dialectal) Ї́зуч (Jízuč)
• → Russian: Е́зуч (Jézuč); (obsolete) Е́зус (Jézus) (learned)
• → Middle Polish: Jezucz (learned)