dež

See also: dez, Dez, and dez-

Slovene

Alternative forms
  • dž (colloquial)
  • desh (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъždžь, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dus-dyu- (“bad sky”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /də́ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -əʃ
  • Hyphenation: dež

Noun

də̏ž m inan

at na/v dežju
to na/v dež
from z/iz dežja
  1. rain
    Synonyms: dežek, deževanje, moča, mokrota, primaka
    Še zmeraj pada dež. ― The rain is still falling.
  2. (figuratively) shower (a quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower)
    dež zlatih konfetov ― a shower of gold confetti

Declension
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent, -j- infix (singularia tantum)
nom. sing. də̏ž
gen. sing. də̏žja
singular
nominative
imenovȃlnik		 də̏ž
genitive
rodȋlnik		 də̏žja
dative
dajȃlnik		 də̏žju, də̏žji
accusative
tožȋlnik		 də̏ž
locative
mẹ̑stnik		 də̏žju, də̏žji
instrumental
orọ̑dnik		 də̏žjem
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)		 də̏ž
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , short mixed accent, -j- infix (singularia tantum)
nom. sing. də̏ž
gen. sing. dežjȁ
singular
nominative
imenovȃlnik		 də̏ž
genitive
rodȋlnik		 dežjȁ
dative
dajȃlnik		 dežjȕ, dežjȉ
accusative
tožȋlnik		 də̏ž
locative
mẹ̑stnik		 dežjȕ, dežjȉ
instrumental
orọ̑dnik		 dežjȅm
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)		 də̏ž

Derived terms
  • kisli dež
  • meteoritski dež
  • meteorski dež
  • na dež
  • priti z dežja pod kap
  • umetni dež
  • za dežjem sije sonce

Further reading
  • “dež”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “dež”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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