причина

From Proto-Slavic *pričina, formally an action noun of an unattested *причия, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyH- (“to arrange, to adjust”) + -на (-na).

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причи́на • (pričína) f

1. cause, reason

• причиня́вам impf (pričinjávam), причиня́ pf (pričinjá, “to cause”)

• чин (čin, “rank”)
  • на́чин (náčin, “manner, method”)
• чи́ня (čínja, “to do”)

• “причина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “причина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

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причина • (pričina) f (relational adjective причински)

1. cause, reason

Inherited from Old Slovak príčina, from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: при‧чи‧на

причина (pričina) f

1. reason, cause, motive

   пре тоту причину ― pre totu pričinu ― for this reason

   вон сам причина свойого нєщесца

   von sam pričina svojoho nješčesca

   he only has himself to blame for his misfortunes

   (literally, “he himself is the cause of his misfortune”)

2. argument, ground

   Synonym: арґумент (argument)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “причина”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “reason”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 240

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

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причи́на • (pričína) f inan (genitive причи́ны, nominative plural причи́ны, genitive plural причи́н)

1. cause (source or reason of an event or action)
2. reason

   по како́й-то причи́не ― po kakój-to pričíne ― for some reason

• по причи́не (po pričíne)

• причи́нность f (pričínnostʹ)
• причи́нный (pričínnyj)
• причиня́ть impf (pričinjátʹ), причини́ть pf (pričinítʹ)

• → Kildin Sami: приченҍ (pričjen’)

From Proto-Slavic *pričina.

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причи́на • (pryčýna) f inan (genitive причи́ни, nominative plural причи́ни, genitive plural причи́н, relational adjective причи́нний)

1. reason

   з яко́їсь причи́ни ― z jakójisʹ pryčýny ― for some reason

2. cause

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “причина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “причина”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)