судьба

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See also: сѫдьба

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic судьба (sudĭba), from судити (suditi, to judge) + -ьба (-ĭba) (synchronically, суди́ть (sudítʹ) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba)). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сѫдьба (sǫdĭba).

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  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

судьба́ (sudʹbáf inan (genitive судьбы́, nominative plural су́дьбы, genitive plural су́деб or суде́б*) (* Archaic.)

  1. destiny, fate, doom, fortune, predestination
    Synonyms: до́ля (dólja), жре́бий (žrébij), предназначе́ние (prednaznačénije), предопределение (predopredelenije), провидение (providenije), рок (rok), судьбина (sudʹbina), уде́л (udél)
    вруча́ть/вручи́ть свою́ судьбу́vručátʹ/vručítʹ svojú sudʹbúto entrust one's destiny

Usage notes

  • Accent pattern f forms are found in a few fixed expressions:
    во́лею суде́бvóleju sudébby chance (literally, “by the will of fate(s)”)
    каки́ми судьба́ми!kakími sudʹbámi!how did you get here? (literally, “by what fates!”)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian сꙋдьба (sudʹba, judgment, fate), from Old East Slavic сѫдьба, сꙋдьба (sǫdĭba, sudĭba), from Proto-Slavic *sǫdьba. By surface analysis, суд- (sud-) +‎ -ьба́ (-ʹbá).

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Noun

судьба́ (sudʹbáf inan (genitive судьби́, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) fate, destiny, fortune, lot, doom
    Synonyms: до́ля (dólja), у́часть (účastʹ), же́реб (žéreb), тала́н (talán), уділ (udil), напередви́значення (naperedvýznačennja), призна́чення (pryznáčennja), провиді́ння (provydínnja), форту́на (fortúna), фа́тум (fátum), льос (lʹos)
  2. (dated) gossip, rumors, talk
    Synonyms: пересу́ди (peresúdy), обмо́ва (obmóva)

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