дюжий

Russian

Etymology

Vasmer suggests a variant of dialectal ду́жий (dúžij, strong), cognate with Ukrainian ду́жий (dúžyj, 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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲuʐɨj]

Adjective

дю́жий (djúžij) (comparative (по)дю́жее or (по)дю́жей)

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • дю́же (djúže)
  • дю́жесть (djúžestʹ)
  • дю́жить (djúžitʹ)
  • дюже́ть impf (djužétʹ), раздюже́ть pf (razdjužétʹ)
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