байдуже

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Univerbation of бай (baj, imperative form of ба́яти (bájaty)) +‎ ду́же (dúže). Compare Polish bajbardzo.

Pronunciation

  • ба́йдуже: IPA(key):
  • байду́же: IPA(key):
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Adverb

ба́йдуже or байду́же (bájduže or bajdúže)

  1. indifferently

Predicative

ба́йдуже or байду́же (bájduže or bajdúže)

  1. (it) does not matter, is all the same, is a matter of indifference
    Ба́йдуже, як люди́на вигляда́є.Bájduže, jak ljudýna vyhljadáje.It doesn't matter what a person looks like.
  2. (with dative case) (one) does not care, is indifferent, (it) is all the same (to somebody) (about/to something: до + genitive or про + accusative)
    Мені́ ба́йдуже.Mení bájduže.I don't care. It's all the same to me.
    Їм цілко́м ба́йдуже.Jim cilkóm bájduže.They are completely indifferent. They don't care at all.
    • 2019 December 29, “Проти звільнення беркутівців: у Франківську люди вийшли на протест [Against the release of Berkut officers: people protested in Frankivsk]”, in Прикарпаття Online, archived from the original on 2023-03-25:
      «На Галичині́ лю́дям не ба́йдуже, що відбува́ється в Ки́єві»
      “Na Halyčyní ljúdjam ne bájduže, ščo vidbuvájetʹsja v Kýjevi”
      "In Galicia people are not indifferent to what happens in Kyiv"

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “байдуже”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 116

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