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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic судьба (sudĭba), from судити (suditi, “to judge”) + -ьба (-ĭba) (synchronically, суди́ть (sudítʹ) + -ьба (-ʹba)). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сѫдьба (sǫdĭba).
Pronunciation
Noun
судьба́ • (sudʹbá) f inan (genitive судьбы́, nominative plural су́дьбы, genitive plural су́деб or суде́б*) (* Archaic.)
- destiny, fate, doom, fortune, predestination
- Synonyms: до́ля (dólja), жре́бий (žrébij), предназначе́ние (prednaznačénije), предопределение (predopredelenije), провидение (providenije), рок (rok), судьбина (sudʹbina), уде́л (udél)
- вруча́ть/вручи́ть свою́ судьбу́ ― vručátʹ/vručítʹ svojú sudʹbú ― to entrust one's destiny
Usage notes
- Accent pattern f forms are found in a few fixed expressions:
- во́лею суде́б ― vóleju sudéb ― by chance (literally, “by the will of fate(s)”)
- каки́ми судьба́ми! ― kakími sudʹbámi! ― how did you get here? (literally, “by what fates!”)
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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian сꙋдьба (sudʹba, “judgment, fate”), from Old East Slavic сѫдьба, сꙋдьба (sǫdĭba, sudĭba), from Proto-Slavic *sǫdьba. By surface analysis, суд- (sud-) + -ьба́ (-ʹbá).
Pronunciation
Noun
судьба́ • (sudʹbá) f inan (genitive судьби́, uncountable)
- (colloquial) fate, destiny, fortune, lot, doom
- Synonyms: до́ля (dólja), у́часть (účastʹ), же́реб (žéreb), тала́н (talán), уділ (udil), напередви́значення (naperedvýznačennja), призна́чення (pryznáčennja), провиді́ння (provydínnja), форту́на (fortúna), фа́тум (fátum), льос (lʹos)
- (dated) gossip, rumors, talk
- Synonyms: пересу́ди (peresúdy), обмо́ва (obmóva)
Declension
Declension of судьба́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
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References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “судьба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “судьба”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “судьба”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “судьба”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “судьба”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)