жадаць

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жадати (žadati), from Proto-Slavic *žędati. Cognates include Czech žádat, Polish żądać and Ukrainian жада́ти (žadáty).

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Verb

жада́ць (žadácʹimpf (perfective пажада́ць)

  1. to crave (to desire strongly)
    Synonym: пра́гнуць (práhnucʹ)
  2. to wish (to bestow a thought or gesture towards someone or something)
    Synonym: зы́чыць (zýčycʹ)

Usage notes

  • It's a much stronger version of хацець and for this reason these words are not perfect synonyms.

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References

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “жадати”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 241
  • жадаць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • жадаць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org