юг

See also: уг

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jugъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juk/

Noun

юг • (jug) m Template:bg-noun-m-sg

1. south

Antonyms

• север (sever)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• югозапад (jugozapad)
• югозападен (jugozapaden)
• югоизток (jugoiztok)
• югоизточен (jugoiztočen)

• южен (južen)
• южняк (južnjak), южнячка (južnjačka)
• южняшки (južnjaški)

Related terms

• Югославия (Jugoslavija)

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic югъ (jugŭ), from Proto-Slavic *jugъ. Displaced Old East Slavic угъ (ugŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [juk]

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Noun

юг • (jug) m inan (genitive ю́га, nominative plural юга́, genitive plural юго́в)

1. south

   (colloquial) Уе́хать на юга́ ― Ujéxatʹ na jugá ― to go to the south (e.g., to the Black Sea coast) for holiday

2. South — southern part of any region

   жить на ю́ге ― žitʹ na júge ― to live in the South (of Russia)

3. (obsolete) southerly wind (ю́жный ве́тер)

   юг ве́ет, ста́рого гре́ет ― jug véjet, stárovo gréjet ― A south wind blows, it warms an old man.

Declension

Declension of юг (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ю́г júg	юга́△ jugá△
genitive	ю́га júga	юго́в jugóv
dative	ю́гу júgu	юга́м jugám
accusative	ю́г júg	юга́△ jugá△
instrumental	ю́гом júgom	юга́ми jugámi
prepositional	ю́ге júge	юга́х jugáx

^△ Irregular.

Synonyms

• (nautical) зюйд (zjujd)

Antonyms

• се́вер (séver)

Related terms

• Югосла́вия (Jugoslávija)
• ю́жный (júžnyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “юг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Udmurt

Etymology

From Proto-Permic [Term?], cognate to Komi-Permyak югыд (jugyd).

Adjective

юг • (jug)

1. bright