нащадок

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ ща́док (ščádok), from Proto-Slavic *sъčędъkъ[1] or *ščędъkъ (compare Polish szczątek). Cognate with Belarusian нашча́дак (naščádak).

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Noun

наща́док (naščádokm pers (genitive наща́дка, nominative plural наща́дки, genitive plural наща́дків)

  1. (personal) descendant, offspring, progeny (person in relation to forebears)
    1. (in the plural) descendants, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny
      Synonym: пото́мство n (potómstvo)
  2. (personal) scion
  3. (personal, colloquial) son and heir
    Synonym: спадкоє́мець m (spadkojémecʹ)
  4. (inanimate, colloquial, uncountable) legacy (bequeathed property)
    Synonym: спа́дщина f (spádščyna)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ща́док”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 500

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