Bulgarian

Noun

юг • ‎(jug) m (definite subject form югът, definite object form юга, vocative form юже)

1. south

Antonyms

• север ‎(sever)

Derived terms

Related terms

• Югославия ‎(Jugoslavija)

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jugъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [juk]

Noun

юг • ‎(jug) m inan ‎(genitive ю́га, nominative plural юга́, genitive plural юго́в)

1. south

   (colloquial) Уехать на юга́‎ ― Ujexatʹ na jugá ― to go to the south (e.g., to the Black Sea coast) for holiday

2. South — southern part of any region

   жить на юге‎ ― žitʹ na juge ― to live in the South (of Russia)

3. (obsolete) southerly wind (ю́жный ве́тер)

   юг веет, старого греет‎ ― jug vejet, starovo grejet ― A south wind blows, it warms an old man.

Declension

Synonyms

• (nautical) зюйд

Antonyms

• се́вер ‎(séver)

Related terms

• Югосла́вия ‎(Jugoslávija)
• ю́жный ‎(júžnyj)