беда

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic бѣда (běda), from Proto-Slavic *běda.

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Noun

беда́ • (bedá) f

1. misfortune, trouble, disaster

Declension

References

• “беда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “беда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “беда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 39

Kildin Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeda/

Adverb

беда (b’eda)

1. very

   Synonyms: чофта (čofta), пэре (per’e)

Further reading

• A. A. Antonova (2014) A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN, page 26
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “беда”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

Pronunciation

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Noun

беда • (beda) f (relational adjective беден)

1. misery
2. misfortune, trouble, disaster, mischief

Declension

Russian

Alternative forms

• бѣда́ (bědá) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-, whence English bide, faith and fidelity.

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Noun

беда́ • (bedá) f inan (genitive беды́, nominative plural бе́ды, genitive plural бед)

1. misfortune, trouble, disaster, mischief
   • 1958, “Песня о тревожной молодости (Song of the Restless Youth)”, Lev Oshanin (lyrics), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (music)‎:

     Пускай нам с тобой обоим
     Беда грозит за бедою,
     И дружбу мою с тобою
     Одна только смерть возьмёт

     Puskaj nam s toboj oboim
     Beda grozit za bedoju,
     I družbu moju s toboju
     Odna tolʹko smertʹ vozʹmjót

     Let calamity after calamity
     Threaten us, and you, both;
     And my friendship with you
     Only death alone can take away!

Declension

Related terms

• бе́дный (bédnyj), бедо́вый (bedóvyj), бе́дственный (bédstvennyj)
• бе́дствие (bédstvije), бедня́га (bednjága), бедня́к (bednják)
• бе́дствовать (bédstvovatʹ), бедне́ть (bednétʹ), обедне́ть (obednétʹ)

Descendants

• → Khamnigan Mongol: бидаа (bidaa)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• бије́да (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

Noun

бе́да m (Latin spelling béda)

1. misery

Declension