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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech chudoba, from Proto-Slavic *xudoba, from *xudъ + *-oba. Equivalent to chudý + -oba.
Pronunciation
Noun
chudoba f
- poverty
- Antonym: bohatství
Declension
Declension of chudoba (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “chudoba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chudoba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “chudoba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xudoba. By surface analysis, chudy + oba. First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /xudɔba/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /xudɔba/
Noun
chudoba f
- leanness, skinniness
1874-1891 [15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XVI, page 341:Chudoba macies- [Chudoba macies]
- (attested in Greater Poland) poverty
1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor, Psałterz puławski, Greater Poland, page 11 arg:Ten ps[alm] wypowyada, yze Xpus prze chudobę naszę y nędzę wstal z martwych- [Ten ps[alm] wypowiada, iże Krystus prze chudobę naszę i nędzę wstał z martwych]
Derived terms
Descendants
- Polish: (obsolete or dialectal) chudoba
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “chudoba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish chudoba, from Proto-Slavic *xudoba. By surface analysis, chudy + -oba.
Pronunciation
Noun
chudoba f
- (dialectal) all of the livestock at a given farm
- (dialectal) a horse that is scrawny or in poor condition
- (dialectal) thinness, leanness
Declension
Further reading
- chudoba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chudoba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xudoba, from *xudъ + *-oba. Equivalent to chudý + -oba.
Pronunciation
Noun
chudoba f
- poverty
- Antonym: bohatstvo
Declension
Declension of
chudoba (pattern
žena)
Further reading
- “chudoba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024