ѫжь

• ужь (užĭ)

Мѫжь дьржить ѫжь (1) въ рѫкахъ.

From Proto-Slavic *ǫžь (“rope”).

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈõʑɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈuʑɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈuʑ/
• Hyphenation: ѫ‧жь

ѫжь (ǫžĭ) m (diminutive ѫжикъ, augmentative ѫжище)

1. rope

Дъва ѫжа (2).

From Proto-Slavic *ǫžь (“snake”). Cognates include Old Polish wąż.

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈõʑɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈuʑɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈuʑ/
• Hyphenation: ѫ‧жь

ѫжь (ǫžĭ) m

1. grass snake

• змии (zmii, “snake”)

• Old Ruthenian: ужъ (už), вужъ (vuž)
  • Belarusian: вуж (vuž)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: уж (už)
  • Ukrainian: вуж (vuž), уж (už)
• Russian: уж (už)
• →? Estonian: uss

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ꙋжь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1167
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress