служба

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• słužba — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Old Belarusian служба (služba), from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

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Noun

слу́жба • (slúžba) f inan (genitive слу́жбы, nominative plural слу́жбы, genitive plural слу́жбаў)

1. service
2. employment, job

Declension

References

• “служба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *služьba. Morphologically from слу́жа (slúža, “to serve”) +‎ -ба (-ba).

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Noun

слу́жба • (slúžba) f (relational adjective служе́бен)

1. service

Declension

Related terms

• слу́га m (slúga), слуги́ня f (slugínja, “servant”)
• прислу́га (prislúga, “servants”) (collective)

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

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Noun

служба • (služba) f (relational adjective службен)

1. service

Declension

References

• служба in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

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служба

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba. By surface analysis, служи́ть (služítʹ) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

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Noun

слу́жба • (slúžba) f inan (genitive слу́жбы, nominative plural слу́жбы, genitive plural служб, relational adjective служе́бный)

1. service
2. employment, job
3. office, work, post
4. duty
5. divine service

Declension

Related terms

• слу́жащий (slúžaščij)
• служе́ние (služénije)
• служи́ть (služítʹ)

Descendants

• → Yakut: сулууспа (suluuspa)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slǔʒba/
• Hyphenation: служ‧ба

Noun

слу̀жба f (Latin spelling slùžba)

1. service
2. employment, job
3. office, work
4. duty
5. divine service

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *služьba.

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слу́жба • (slúžba) f inan (genitive слу́жби, nominative plural слу́жби, genitive plural служб)

1. service
2. employment, job
3. office, work
4. duty
5. divine service

Declension

References

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