вуж

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ꙋжь (užĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫžь. Cognate with Russian уж (už), Ukrainian вуж (vuž).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vuʂ]

• Audio:

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Noun

1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

   Hypernym: змяя́ (zmjajá)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• “вуж” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

From Proto-Permic [Term?], cognate to Udmurt выжы (vyžy).

Noun

вуж • (vuž)

1. root

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Udmurt

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *wanša, cognate to Komi-Permyak важ (važ). The Permic word is related to Estonian vana and Finnish vanha.

Adjective

вуж • (vuž)

1. old (of things)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ꙋжь (užĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫžь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [wuʒ]

Noun

1. grass snake (species Natrix natrix), a water snake
2. (Canada) garter snake (genus Thamnophis))

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вуж”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka