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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“trust, be convinced”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
běda f
- sorrow
Declension
Declension of běda (hard feminine)
Derived terms
Interjection
běda
- alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
References
Further reading
- “běda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “běda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “běda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)