# дожджъ
## Old Ruthenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *дъжджь (*dŭždžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dъ̀ždžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dusdjus, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyew-. Cognate with Russian дождь (doždʹ).

### Noun

дожджъ • (doždž) m inan
* (meteorology) rain

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: до́ждж (dóždž)
* Carpathian Rusyn: додж (dodž)
* Ukrainian: дощ (došč); дож (dož), дождж (doždž), дорщ (doršč), дош (doš), дищ (dyšč) (dialectal)

### References

* ↑ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъždžь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 195
* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “дощ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 117
* ↑ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “дощ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 188: “MUk. дожчь (XV c.), дожчъ (1582), дождь (1625), дожджъ (XVII c.), дощъ (XVII c.), дожъ (XVII c.), дождъ (XVIII c.), OES. дъждъ (XI c.), дъжгъ (1270), дожгъ”
* ↑ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “до́ждж”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 140
* ↑ Anikin, A. E. (2020) “дождь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 122

### Further reading

* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “дожджъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 755
* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “дожчжъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 756
* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “дощъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 829
* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “дожджъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 200
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2001), “дождь”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 8 (десѧтинный – дѣдичство), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 86
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2001), “дожчъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 8 (десѧтинный – дѣдичство), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 87
* Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “дожчъ”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 216