польза

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Old Church Slavonic

Noun

польза (polĭzaf

  1. Alternative form of польѕа (polĭdza)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic польза (polĭza), from Proto-Slavic *polьdza, from *po + *lьga. Doublet of dialectal польга (polʹga). Related to нельзя́ (nelʹzjá), лёгкий (ljóxkij).

Pronunciation

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Noun

по́льза (pólʹzaf inan (genitive по́льзы, nominative plural по́льзы, genitive plural польз)

  1. use, benefit, advantage, profit, usefulness
    Synonyms: бла́го (blágo); вы́года (výgoda), толк (tolk); нажи́ва (nažíva), бары́ш (barýš), при́быль (príbylʹ)
    в по́льзу чего́-либоv pólʹzu čevó-liboin favour of something

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: poljzi