дюжий

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dužь. Vasmer suggests a variant of dialectal ду́жий (dúžij, strong), cognate with Ukrainian ду́жий (dúžyj, powerful, strong), Belarusian ду́жы (dúžy, powerful, strong), Polish duży (big, strong), dużo (a lot), and more distantly with Lithuanian daũg (a lot), Latvian daũdz (a lot), padūgt (to have the opportunity), Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dugan, to suit), German taugen (to suit), Tugend (virtue), Ancient Greek τυγχάνω (tunkhánō, to encounter, to come upon), Old Irish dúal (suitable). Others see a relation with Proto-Slavic *dęg-, as in dialectal дя́гнуть (djágnutʹ, to recover, to improve).

Noncognate with Russian недю́жинный (nedjúžinnyj) (which is derived from дю́жина (djúžina), which is via PIE componentwise cognate with двена́дцать (dvenádcatʹ)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲuʐɨj]

Adjective

дю́жий • (djúžij) (comparative (по)дю́жее or (по)дю́жей, adverb дю́же)

  1. (low colloquial) very strong
  2. (low colloquial) hefty, stout

Declension

Derived terms

  • дю́же (djúže), дю́жесть f (djúžestʹ)
  • дюже́ть impf (djužétʹ), раздюже́ть pf (razdjužétʹ)
  • дю́жить (djúžitʹ), сдю́жить pf (sdjúžitʹ)
Proverbs
  • From дюж (djuž):
    • взя́лся за гуж, не говори́, что не дюж (vzjálsja za guž, ne govorí, što ne djuž)

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