бедолага

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian бідолага (bidolaha, poor thing, poor person),[1] from an earlier бідолаха related to Ukrainian біда (bida), which is a cognate with Russian беда (beda). The word has been adapted to the Russian phonetics with the change of "і" in Ukrainian біда (bida) to "е" like in Russian беда (beda).

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Noun

бедола́га (bedolágam anim or f anim (genitive бедола́ги, nominative plural бедола́ги, genitive plural бедола́г)

  1. (colloquial) poor devil
    Synonym: бедня́га (bednjága)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бідолаха”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 193

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