дъжгь

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь. First attested in 1145. Compare Old East Slavic *дъжджь (*dŭždžĭ), Old Ruthenian дожджъ (doždž).

Noun

дъжгь (dŭžgĭ) m

1. (Old Pskovian) (meteorology) rain

   потомь поиде дъжгь ― potomĭ poide dŭžgĭ ― then it will rain

   бы^лъ дъжгь съ градомь ― by^lŭ dŭžgĭ sŭ gradomĭ ― there was rain and hail

Related terms

• дъжгеве (dŭžgeve)
• дъжгевьне (dŭžgevĭne)
• дъжгити (dŭžgiti)
• дъжгьць (dŭžgĭcĭ)
• дъжгꙗти (dŭžgjati)

 

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дъжгь = дъжгъ = дожгъ”, 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 754