# нож
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nožь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [noʂ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

нож • (nož) m inan (genitive нажа́, nominative plural нажы́, genitive plural нажо́ў)
* knife
* blade

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “нож” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nožь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɔʃ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

нож • (nož) m (diminutive но́жче or ножле́ or ноже́)
* knife (utensil or tool designed for cutting)

#### Declension

$^1$Dialectal.

#### Derived terms

* ножа́р (nožár, “knife-maker”)
** ножа́рство (nožárstvo, “knife-making”)
* но́жница (nóžnica, “scabbard, sheath”)
* но́жица (nóžica, “scissors”)
* ножо́вка (nožóvka, “flip knife”)
* ножи́ще (nožíšte), ножа́га (nožága, “big knife”) (dialectal)
* ножа́к (nožák, “dagger”) (dialectal)

### References

* “нож”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “нож”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нож”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 677

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nožь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɔʃ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: нож

### Noun

нож • (nož) m (diminutive ноже)
* knife
* cutter (a machine part that has a blade and is used for cutting)

#### Derived terms

* ножар m (nožar, “knifemaker”)
** ножарство n (nožarstvo, “knifemaking”)
* ножница f (nožnica, “scabbard, sheath”)
* ножици (nožici, “scissors”)
* ножиште n (nožište, “big knife”)

### References

* “нож” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* ножъ (nož) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nožь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [noʂ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

нож • (nož) m inan (genitive ножа́, nominative plural ножи́, genitive plural ноже́й, relational adjective ножево́й, diminutive но́жик)
* knife
* blade

#### Derived terms

* ноже- (nože-)
** ножеви́дный (noževídnyj)
** ножеви́лка f (noževílka)
** ножето́чка f (nožetóčka)
* но́жницы f pl (nóžnicy)
* но́жны f pl (nóžny)}
* ножо́вка f (nožóvka)
* ножо́вый (nožóvyj)
* поножо́вщина f (ponožóvščina)

##### Phrases

* без ножа́ ре́зать impf (bez nožá rézatʹ), ре́зать без ножа́ impf (rézatʹ bez nožá), без ножа́ заре́зать pf (bez nožá zarézatʹ), заре́зать без ножа́ pf (zarézatʹ bez nožá)
* на ножа́х (na nožáx), быть на ножа́х (bytʹ na nožáx)

#### Related terms

* вонзи́ть pf (vonzítʹ), вонза́ть impf (vonzátʹ)
* зано́за f (zanóza)
* низа́ть impf (nizátʹ), наниза́ть pf (nanizátʹ)
* пронзи́ть pf (pronzítʹ), пронза́ть impf (pronzátʹ)
** пронзи́тельный (pronzítelʹnyj)

#### Descendants

* → Yup'ik: luussiq
* →⇒ Yup'ik: nuussicuak (“scissors”)

### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “нож”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nožь.

### Noun

но̑ж m (Latin spelling nȏž)
* knife
* blade