беꙁдъжгьѥ

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

First attested in the mid 11th century ‒ mid 12th century, and later exactly from 1124. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bezdъždžьje with Old Pskovian reflex *zdj > жг (zʹg), compare typical Eastern Old Novgorodian *zdj > ждж (ždž). By surface analysis, беꙁ- (bezʹ-, “without”) +‎ дъжгь (dŭzʹgĭ, “rain”) +‎ -ьѥ (-ĭje). Cognate with Old Ruthenian бездожджьє (bezdoždžʹje), Old Church Slavonic бездъждиѥ (bezdŭždije).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: бе‧ꙁдъ‧жгь‧ѥ

Noun

беꙁдъжгьѥ • (bezʹdŭzʹgĭje) n (Old Pskovian)

1. rainlessness, drought

   да в годину беꙁдожгиꙗ да бы вдалъ на ꙁемлю дождь.

   da v godinu bezʹdozʹgija da by vdalŭ na zʹjemlju dozʹdĭ.

   let in times of drought, let rain fall on the ground

   оу се же лѣто бꙑ^с̑ беꙁдожгьѥ

   u sʹje zʹje læto by^sʹ̂ bezʹdozʹgĭje

   that same summer there was a drought

   беꙁдожгиѥ много ― bezʹdozʹgije mnogo ― a lot of drought

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

• дъжгь m (dŭžgĭ, “rain”)
• дъжгьць m (dŭžgĭcʹĭ, “small rain”)

verbs

• дъжгити (dŭžgiti, “to rain”)
• дъжгꙗти (dŭžgjati, “to rain”)

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “бездъждиѥ = бездождиѥ = бездъжгиѥ”, 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 55
• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1988), “бездъжгиѥ см. бездъжиѥ”, 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 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 116