бідолага

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Related to біда́ (bidá), with uncertain added suffixes.^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

бідола́га • (bidoláha) m pers or f pers (genitive бідола́ги, nominative plural бідола́ги, genitive plural бідола́г)

(rare) poor thing, poor devil, poor guy (someone to be pitied)
Synonyms: бідола́х m (bidoláx), бідня́га m or f (bidnjáha), бідня́ка m or f (bidnjáka)

Alternative forms: (more common) бідола́ха m or f (bidoláxa), (rare) бідола́ка m or f (bidoláka)

Declension

Declension of бідола́га (pers hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	бідола́га bidoláha	бідола́ги bidoláhy
genitive	бідола́ги bidoláhy	бідола́г bidoláh
dative	бідола́зі bidolázi	бідола́гам bidoláham
accusative	бідола́гу bidoláhu	бідола́г bidoláh
instrumental	бідола́гою bidoláhoju	бідола́гами bidoláhamy
locative	бідола́зі bidolázi	бідола́гах bidoláhax
vocative	бідола́го bidoláho	бідола́ги bidoláhy

Descendants

→ Russian: бедола́га (bedolága)

References

^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бідолаха”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 193

Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “бідолага”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
“бідолага”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970), “бідолага”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – В), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 178
A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “бідолага”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
“бідолага”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
“бідолага”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)

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