жуй

Probably from e-vocalism of Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curl, to coil”), akin to dialectal Bulgarian гу́я (gúja, “serpent”) and possibly Bulgarian жу́жел (žúžel, “snail”). Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian гу̀јавица (“earthworm”).

• IPA^(key): [ʒu̟j]

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жу́й • (žúj) m

1. (dialectal) small land vermin living in wet soil, microdrile

   Synonym: че́рвей (čérvej)

• “жуй”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жуй или жуя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “жюй”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 25

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жуй • (žuj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of жева́ть (ževátʹ)