dъždžь

dъždžь Grammatical information: m. jo Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `rainstorm, rain'

Page in Trubačev: V 195-197

Old Church Slavic:

dъždь `rain, rainstorm' [m jo]

Russian:

dožd' `rain' [m jo], doždjá `rain' [Gens]

Czech:

déšt' `rain' [m jo];

dešt' `rain' [m jo]

Old Czech:

déšč `rain' [m jo], dšče [Gens]

Slovak:

dážd' `rain' [m jo], dažd'a [Gens]

Polish:

deszcz `rain' [m jo]

Old Polish:

deżdż `rain' [m jo], dżdżu [Gens]

Slovincian:

dẽi̯šč `rain' [m jo]

Upper Sorbian:

dešć `rain' [m jo]

Serbo-Croatian:

dȃžd (Vuk: SW dial.) `rain' [m o], dà̀žda [Gens];

dȁžd (Dubr.) `rain' [m o], dàžda;

dȁžd (Prčanj) `rain' [m o], daždȁ [Gens];

Čak. dȁž (Vrgada) `rain' [m jo], dažȁ;

Čak. dãš (Orbanići) `rain' [m jo], dajžȁ `rain' [Gens], dažljȁ [Gens]

Slovene:

dǝ̀ž `rain' [m jo], dǝžjà `rain' [Gens]

Bulgarian:

dăžd `rain' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: dus-diu-(s)

Page in Pokorny: 227+184

Comments: Watkins (1991: 175-176) argues that the basic meaning `rainstorm', attested in OCS, is in agreement with Skt. durdina- < *dus-di-n- explains why the compound contains the element *dus- `bad'. In this way he challenges the view that Trubetzkoy's and Vaillant's etymology cannot be correct because to the farmer rain is beneficial.

Other cognates:

Skt. durdina- `rain, shower, rainy weather' [n];

Gk. εὐδία `fair weather' [f]