пенєжи
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn пінязї (pinjazji), Czech peníze, Polish pieniądze and Slovak peniaze.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɛˈɲɛʒi]
- Rhymes: -ɛʒi
- Hyphenation: пе‧нє‧жи
Noun
пенєжи (penježi) m inan pl (diminutive пенєщок, augmentative пенєжиска, related adjective пенєжни)
- money
- Synonyms: пенєж (penjež), пенєжки (penježki)
- мац пенєжи як плєви ― mac penježi jak pljevi ― to have a lot of money (literally, “to have money like chaff”)
- (colloquial) cash
- Synonyms: ґрайцари (grajcari), динари (dinari), пенєжки (penježki)
- буц при пенєжи ― buc pri penježi ― to have cash on oneself (literally, “to be by the money”)
Usage notes
- The singular form пенєж (penjež) is less common, but not obsolete. The two forms are often interchangeable, even in idioms and fixed phrases. However, the augmentative form пенєжиска n pl (penježiska) and the endearing form пенєжки pl (penježki) are plural only.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | пенєжи (penježi) |
| genitive | — | пенєжох (penježox) |
| dative | — | пенєжом (penježom) |
| accusative | — | пенєжи (penježi) |
| instrumental | — | пенєжми (penježmi) |
| locative | — | пенєжох (penježox) |
| vocative | — | пенєжи (penježi) |
Derived terms
nouns
- пенєжки pl (penježki)
Noun
пенєжи (penježi) m inan pl
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of пенєж (penjež)
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “пенєжи”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy