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Russian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
обу́за • (obúza) f inan (genitive обу́зы, nominative plural обу́зы, genitive plural обу́з)
- burden, load
- (figuratively) drag, liability, lame duck
Declension
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обуза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress