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Ukrainian
Etymology
Possibly analyzable as задих(а́тися) (zadyx(átysja), “to gasp for breath, to be out of breath”) + -ка (-ka). Compare Belarusian зады́шка (zadýška), Polish zadyszka.
Pronunciation
Noun
зади́шка • (zadýška) f inan (genitive зади́шки, nominative plural зади́шки, genitive plural зади́шок)
- shortness of breath, breathlessness, dyspnoea (UK), dyspnea (US) (difficult or laboured respiration)
- Synonyms: (medical) диспно́е n (dyspnóe), утру́днене ди́хання n (utrúdnene dýxannja)
Declension
Declension of зади́шка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “задишка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “задишка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “задишка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “задишка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “задишка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)