дож

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French doge, from Italian doge. Further from Latin dux (akin to dūcō), whence also ду́че (dúče) and дюк (djuk). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-, whence via German also цуг (cug) and the second component of ге́рцог (gércog).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doʂ]

Noun

дож • (dož) m anim (genitive до́жа, nominative plural до́жи, genitive plural до́жей, female equivalent догаре́сса)

1. (historical) doge

Declension

Declension of дож (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	до́ж dóž	до́жи dóži
genitive	до́жа dóža	до́жей dóžej
dative	до́жу dóžu	до́жам dóžam
accusative	до́жа dóža	до́жей dóžej
instrumental	до́жем dóžem	до́жами dóžami
prepositional	до́же dóže	до́жах dóžax

Descendants

• → Armenian: դոժ (dož)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дож”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “дож”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 152