уж

See also: юж

Ingush

Etymology

Compare with Chechen уьш (üš)

Pronoun

уж • (už)

1. third-person plural pronoun: they

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Russian

Alternative forms

• ужъ (už) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uʂ]

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Etymology 1

Adverb

уж • (už)

1. already (shortened form of уже).

Synonyms

• уже (uže)

Etymology 2

From Old East Slavic ꙋжь (užĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫžь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Latin anguis, Old Prussian angis, Lithuanian angis, Latvian odze, Old High German unc and Old Armenian աւձ (awj).

Noun

уж • (už) m anim (genitive ужа́, nominative plural ужи́, genitive plural уже́й)

1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Declension

Declension of уж (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	у́ж úž	ужи́ uží
genitive	ужа́ užá	уже́й užéj
dative	ужу́ užú	ужа́м užám
accusative	ужа́ užá	уже́й užéj
instrumental	ужо́м užóm	ужа́ми užámi
prepositional	уже́ užé	ужа́х užáx

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Udmurt

Etymology

A Permic word like Komi-Permyak удж (udž).

Noun

уж • (už)

1. work