ежа

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• jeża — obsolete
• ježa — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian *ѣжа (*jěža), from Old East Slavic *ѣжа (*jěža), from Proto-Slavic *ěďa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ḗˀdjāˀ. Compare dialectal Russian е́жа (jéža), Ukrainian ї́жа (jíža), dialectal є́жа (jéža).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjeʐa]

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Noun

е́жа • (jéža) f inan (genitive е́жы, uncountable)

1. food (any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life)

   Synonyms: яда́ (jadá), харч (xarč), стра́ва (stráva)

   • 1862, Elementarz dla dobrych dzietok katolikou, Warszawa: Cels Lewicki, page 28:

     Kradzieć, chto najmytu abo najmytce za płaty nie addajeć i aszukiwajeć ich na jeży i na adzieży.

     It's stealing not to pay wages to hired male or female laborers and to rip them off on food and clothing.

   • 1930, Vincent Hadleŭski, Historyja świataja abo Biblijnaja Staroha Zakonu, Vilnius: Wydańnie „Biełaruskaha Katalickaha Tawarystwa“:

     Pamiž inšym narakali i na toje, što nia majuć ničoha inšaha da jady, aproč manny. „Nia majem chleba — kazali jany — nia chwataje nam wady i ŭžo nam abrydnuła hetaja ježa“ (h. zn. manna).

     Among other things, they complained that they had nothing else to eat except for manna. "We have no bread," they said, "we don't have enough water and we are already sick and tired of this food" (i.e. manna).

   • 1939 [1906], Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 114:

     У паветры пахла рыбай, — значыць, у пасёлку была ежа. Голад скончыўся.

     U pavjetry paxla rybaj, — značycʹ, u pasjólku byla ježa. Hólad skónčyŭsja.

     [original: And there was a smell in the air of fish. There was food. The famine was gone.]

     There was a smell of fish in the air, so there was food in the settlement. The famine was gone.

Declension

Declension of е́жа (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	е́жа jéža
genitive	е́жы jéžy
dative	е́жы jéžy
accusative	е́жу jéžu
instrumental	е́жай, е́жаю jéžaj, jéžaju
locative	е́жы jéžy

Related terms

• е́сці (jésci)

References

• “ежа”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “ежа” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛʒa]
• Hyphenation: е‧жа

Noun

ежа • (eža)

1. count plural of еж m (ež)

Related terms

• ежови (ežovi)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈʐa]

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Noun

ежа́ • (ježá) m anim or m inan

1. inflection of ёж (jož):
   1. genitive singular
   2. animate accusative singular