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Bulgarian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.
Pronunciation
Noun
ну́жда • (núžda) f
- need
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
нужда́ • (nuždá)
- second-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)
- third-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.
Pronunciation
Noun
нужда • (nužda) f (relational adjective нужен)
- necessity
- (euphemistic) need to go the bathroom
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form нужа (nuža).
Pronunciation
Noun
нужда́ • (nuždá) f inan (genitive нужды́, nominative plural ну́жды, genitive plural нужд)
- need, want, request
- need, indigence
Declension
Synonyms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), likely via Russian нужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nûʒda/
- Hyphenation: нуж‧да
Noun
ну̏жда f (Latin spelling nȕžda)
- need
- necessity
Declension
References
- “нужда”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form ну́жа (núža). Doublet of ну́жа (núža, “lice; flies”) (obsolete).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
нужда́ or ну́жда1 • (nuždá or núžda1) f inan (genitive нужди́ or ну́жди1, uncountable) (1Rare.)
- need, neediness, indigence, privation, want (lack of means of subsistence)
- Synonyms: неста́тки m pl (nestátky), скру́та f (skrúta), бі́дність f (bídnistʹ), біднота́ f (bidnotá), зли́дні m pl (zlýdni), убо́гість f (ubóhistʹ)
- (rare) need (requirement for something)
- Synonyms: потре́ба f (potréba), необхі́дність f (neobxídnistʹ)
- (dialectal) Synonym of біда́ f (bidá, “misfortune, trouble”)
Declension
Declension of нужда́, ну́жда (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d/a)
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singular
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nominative
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нужда́, ну́жда1 nuždá, núžda1
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genitive
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нужди́, ну́жди1 nuždý, núždy1
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dative
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нужді́, ну́жді1 nuždí, núždi1
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accusative
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нужду́, ну́жду1 nuždú, núždu1
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instrumental
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нуждо́ю, ну́ждою1 nuždóju, núždoju1
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locative
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нужді́, ну́жді1 nuždí, núždi1
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vocative
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ну́ждо núždo
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “нужда”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 117
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “нужда”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “нужда”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1974), “нужда”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Н – О), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 453
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “нужда”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “нужда”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “нужда”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “нужда”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)