вуж

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ꙋжь (užĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫžь. Cognate with Russian уж (), Ukrainian вуж (vuž).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vuʂ]
  • (file)

Noun

вуж (vuž) m animate

  1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)
    Hypernym: змяя́ (zmjajá)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References


Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

From Proto-Permic [Term?], cognate to Udmurt выжы (vyžy).

Noun

вуж (vuž)

  1. root

Udmurt

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *wanša, cognate to Komi-Permyak важ (važ). The Permic word is related to Estonian vana and Finnish vanha.

Adjective

вуж (vuž)

  1. old (of things)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic ꙋжь (užĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫžь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (snake).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈwuʒ]

Noun

вуж (vuž) m anim (genitive вужа́, nominative plural вужі́)

  1. grass snake (species Natrix natrix), a water snake

Declension

References

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