жадны

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жадный (žadnyj), from Old Polish żadny, which see for more. Compare Polish żaden and Ukrainian жо́дний (žódnyj).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

жа́дны (žádny)

  1. (archaic) not one, not any
    Synonyms: нія́кі (nijáki), ніво́дны (nivódny)
    • 1881 [1876], Serhiy Podolynsky, anonymous translator, Про багацтво да бьедносць, Geneva: Друкарньа „Работника“ ј „Громади“, translation of Про багатство і бідність, page 9:
      Льудзі сталі страшенно хварець трасцају і гарачкај, і дзьесјаткамі уміралі бьез жадној помошчи.
      [Лю́дзі ста́лі страшэ́нна хварэ́ць тра́сцаю і гара́чкай, і дзяся́ткамі ўміра́лі без жа́днай по́мачы.]
      Ljúdzi stáli strašénna xvarécʹ tráscaju i haráčkaj, i dzjasjátkami ŭmiráli bjez žádnaj pómačy.
      People began to fall seriously ill with malaria and fever, dying by the dozens without any help whatsoever.
    • 1891, Francišak Bahuševič, Dudka białaruskaja Macieja Buraczka, Kraków: Wł. L. Anczyc, page 42:
      Uziaŭ jon siakieru, rydloŭku pad pachu
      I idzieć u les toj biaz żadnaho strachu.
      He took an axe and a spade under his armpit
      And is venturing into that forest without any fear.
    • 1916, Альфонс Петрашкевіч, “Try wiarbiny”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 61:
      Nie prychodziać žadny wiestki
      Ad mužoŭ-wajakaŭ
      I sumujuć try niawiestki,
      Hlanuŭšy-b zapłakaŭ!
      Not even a single piece of news arrives
      From the husbands at the frontline fight
      And three young spouses are grieving,
      That's a tear-jerking sight!
    • 1932, Ciška Hartny, Бацькава воля (Збор твораў; 3), Minsk: ДВБ, page 16:
      Стаяла цёплая, ясная і ціхая ноч: ня чуваць было жаднага шуму, ніякага стуку, ні нават сабачага брэху.
      Stajala cjóplaja, jasnaja i cixaja noč: nja čuvacʹ byló žadnaha šumu, nijakaha stuku, ni navat sabačaha brexu.
      It was a warm, clear, and quiet night: there wasn't any noise, any rattling or even dog barking to be heard.

Declension

References

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “жадный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 245
  • жадны”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • жадны” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Pronunciation

Adjective

жадны́ or жа́дны (žadný or žádny)

  1. short plural of жа́дный (žádnyj)