ябеда
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ѩбедьникъ (jębedĭnikŭ), ѧбетьникъ (jębetĭnikŭ), borrowed from Old Norse embætti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją, derived from *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”).
Compare Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, office”) and Old High German ambahti (“position, office”).
Pronunciation
Noun
я́беда • (jábeda) m anim or f anim or f inan (genitive я́беды, nominative plural я́беды, genitive plural я́бед)
Declension
Declension of я́беда (bian fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- я́бедничать (jábedničatʹ)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ябеда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
я́беда • (jábeda) f inan (genitive я́беди, nominative plural я́беди, genitive plural я́бед)
Declension
Declension of я́беда (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
References
- “ябеда”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)