узкый

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Ukrainian узкїй (uzkyj), from Old East Slavic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫzъkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognate with Ukrainian вузький (vuzʹkyj), and more distantly Latin angustus, Sanskrit अंहु (aṃhu).

Adjective

у́зкый • (úzkŷj)

1. narrow

   Коли сьте вы самы конкретно спознали, же гевсесь пас про вас узкый?

   Koly sʹte vŷ samŷ konkretno spoznaly, že hevsesʹ pas pro vas uzkŷj?

   When you realized that this belt is narrow for you?

2. tight

Further reading

• Kercha, Ihor (2012), Словник русько-русинськый: у 2 т. [Russian-Rusyn Dictionary: in 2 vols] (overall work in Russian and Carpathian Rusyn), Uzhhorod: PoliPrint