ради

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Possibly an Iranian borrowing; compare Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎮𐎡𐎹 (r-a-di-i-y /⁠rādiy⁠/, “on the account of”).

Preposition

ради • (radi)

  1. for the sake of
    • from Vita Methodii, 0700300-0700310:
      а тꙑ любиши гороу вельми, то не мози горꙑ ради оставити оучениꙗ своѥго, паче бо можеши кꙑмь съпасенъ бꙑти.
      a ty ljubiši goru velĭmi, to ne mozi gory radi ostaviti učenija svojego, pače bo možeši kymĭ sŭpasenŭ byti.
      Though you have great love for the mountain, still leave not your teaching for the mountain’s sake, for you can sooner be saved through it.
  2. because of

Descendants

  • Russian: ра́ди (rádi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ра̏ди
    Latin script: rȁdi

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radi.

Pronunciation

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Ambiposition

ра́ди • (rádi) (+ genitive case)

  1. for the sake of
    ра́ди меня́ ― rádi menjá ― for my sake
    ра́ди дете́й ― rádi detéj ― for the sake of the children

Usage notes

The word can be used as both preposition, as in:

  • ра́ди меня́ ― rádi menjá ― for my sake

and postposition, as in:

  • Бо́га ра́ди ― Bóga rádi ― for God's sake

The latter usage tends to be more phrasal.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /râdi/
  • Hyphenation: ра‧ди

Preposition

ра̏ди (Latin spelling rȁdi) (+ genitive case)

  1. for, because of, for the sake of
    ради мене ― for my sake
    ради д(ј)еце ― for the sake of the children
    ради тог(а) ― because of that

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

ра́ди • (rády)

  1. genitive singular of ра́да (ráda)
  2. nominative plural of ра́да (ráda)
  3. accusative plural of ра́да (ráda)
  4. vocative plural of ра́да (ráda)
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