Bulgarian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

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Noun edit

ну́жда (núždaf

  1. need
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb edit

нужда́ (nuždá)

  1. second-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)
  2. third-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

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Noun edit

нужда (nuždaf (relational adjective нужен)

  1. necessity
  2. (euphemistic) need to go the bathroom

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form нужа (nuža).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nʊʐˈda]
  • (file)

Noun edit

нужда́ (nuždáf inan (genitive нужды́, nominative plural ну́жды, genitive plural нужд)

  1. need, want, request
  2. need, indigence

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), likely via Russian нужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nûʒda/
  • Hyphenation: нуж‧да

Noun edit

ну̏жда f (Latin spelling nȕžda)

  1. need
  2. necessity

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Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form ну́жа (núža). Doublet of ну́жа (núža, lice; flies) (obsolete).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • нужда́: IPA(key): [nʊʒˈda]
  • ну́жда: IPA(key): [ˈnuʒdɐ] (rare)
  • (file)

Noun edit

нужда́ or ну́жда1 (nuždá or núžda1f inan (genitive нужди́ or ну́жди1, uncountable) (1Rare.)

  1. need, neediness, indigence, privation, want (lack of means of subsistence)
    Synonyms: неста́тки m pl (nestátky), скру́та f (skrúta), бі́дність f (bídnistʹ), біднота́ f (bidnotá), зли́дні m pl (zlýdni), убо́гість f (ubóhistʹ)
  2. (rare) need (requirement for something)
    Synonyms: потре́ба f (potréba), необхі́дність f (neobxídnistʹ)
  3. (dialectal) Synonym of біда́ f (bidá, misfortune, trouble)

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References edit

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “нужда”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 117

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