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Belarusian
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)
- (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.
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
Declension of жа́дны (hard)
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)
- short plural of жа́дный (žádnyj)