жуй
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Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from e-vocalism of Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curl, to coil”), akin to dialectal Bulgarian гу́я (gúja, “serpent”) and possibly Bulgarian жу́жел (žúžel, “snail”). Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian гу̀јавица (“earthworm”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
жу́й • (žúj) m
- (dialectal) small land vermin living in wet soil, microdrile
- Synonym: че́рвей (čérvej)
Declension[edit]
Declension of жуй
References[edit]
- “жуй”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жуй или жуя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “жюй”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 25
Russian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
жуй • (žuj)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of жева́ть (ževátʹ)