ужевый

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ужъ () +‎ -евый (-evyj). Cognate with Russian уже́вый (užévyj).

Adjective

ужевый • (uževyj)

  1. (relational) grass snake (Natrix natrix) or more rarely any snake
  2. (figuratively, relational) devil (in the form of the tempter serpent)
    Synonym: ужовый (užovyj)

Declension

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “ужовый, ужевый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 284