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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“trust, be convinced”).
Pronunciation
Noun
běda f
- sorrow
Declension
Declension of běda (hard feminine)
Derived terms
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Interjection
běda
- alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
Related terms
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bída”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, pages 83–84
Further reading
- běda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- běda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- běda in Internetová jazyková příručka