жадати

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жадати, жедати (žadati, žedati), from Old East Slavic жадати (žadati), from Proto-Slavic *žędati. Sense 3 is probably a semantic loan from Polish żądać.

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Verb

жада́ти (žadátyimpf (intransitive)

  1. to covet, to crave, to thirst for, to hunger for, to ache
    Synonyms: корті́ти (kortíty), пра́гнути (práhnuty), волі́ти (volíty), бажа́ти (bažáty), хоті́ти (xotíty), хті́ти (xtíty)
  2. to wish
    Synonyms: бажа́ти (bažáty), зи́чити (zýčyty)
  3. to demand
    Synonyms: вимага́ти (vymaháty), домага́тися (domahátysja), проси́ти (prosýty), проха́ти (proxáty)

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