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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak dzeka, a variant of deka, related to vďaka. Ultimately from Middle High German danc, from the same root as дзековац (dzekovac, “to thank”). Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn дя́ка (djáka, “mood; appetite, desire”), Polish dzięka (“gratitude”), and Ukrainian дя́ка (djáka, “gratitude”).
Pronunciation
Noun
дзека (dzeka) f (related adjective дзечни)
- (uncountable) will, volition, liking
- Synonym: воля (volja)
- без дзеки ― bez dzeki ― without will, will-less
- з дзеки, з дзеку ― z dzeki, z dzeku ― willingly, gladly (literally, “from will, with will”)
- нє з дзеку ― nje z dzeku ― unwillingly, against one's will (literally, “not with will”)
- од дзеки ― od dzeki ― of one's free will, without coercion (literally, “from will”)
- процив своєй дзеки ― prociv svojej dzeki ― against one's will
- буц дакому по дзеки ― buc dakomu po dzeki ― to be liked by someone (literally, “to be to someone's liking”)
- дац дакому на дзеку ― dac dakomu na dzeku ― to let someone have their way (literally, “to give someone at will”)
- за дзеку дакому ― za dzeku dakomu ― for someone's love; according to someone's will
- з добрей дзеки ― z dobrej dzeki ― of one's free will, without coercion (literally, “of a good will”)
- зробиц дакому по дзеки ― zrobic dakomu po dzeki ― to please someone (literally, “to do to someone by their liking”)
- мац дзеку ― mac dzeku ― to want, to desire, to be willing (literally, “to have the will”)
- моцна дзека ― mocna dzeka ― a strong will
- нє було му по дзеки ― nje bulo mu po dzeki ― it wasn't to his liking
- (uncountable) mood, temper, disposition, humour
- Synonyms: норов (norov), розположенє (rozpoloženje)
- добрей дзеки ― dobrej dzeki ― in a good mood; a little drunk
- злей дзеки ― zlej dzeki ― bad-tempered
- у дзеки ― u dzeki ― in the mood, in a good mood
Usage notes
- Note the semantic difference between добрей дзеки (dobrej dzeki, “in a good mood”) and з добрей дзеки (z dobrej dzeki, “of one's free will”).
- Note the semantic difference between з дзеки (z dzeki, “willingly”) and од дзеки (od dzeki, “of one's free will”), both literally meaning "of will".
Declension
Declension of дзека
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plural
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nominative
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дзека (dzeka)
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genitive
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дзеки (dzeki)
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dative
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дзеки (dzeki)
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accusative
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дзеку (dzeku)
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instrumental
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дзеку (dzeku)
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locative
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дзеки (dzeki)
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vocative
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дзеко (dzeko)
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References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “дзека”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “humour”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 141
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “dzeka”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC