юг

From Proto-Slavic *jugъ.

• IPA^(key): /juk/

юг • (jug) m (definite subject form югът, definite object form юга, vocative form юже)

1. south

• север (sever)

• Югославия (Jugoslavija)

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

• IPA^(key): [juk]

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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.

• (nautical) зюйд (zjujd)

• се́вер (séver)

• Югосла́вия (Jugoslávija)
• ю́жный (júžnyj)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “юг”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress

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

юг • (jug)

1. bright