Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *svoboda (freedom).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [svoboˈda]
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Noun edit

свобода́ (svobodáf

  1. freedom (not being imprisoned or enslaved)

Declension edit

References edit

  • свобода”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • свобода”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • свобода in PONS - bǎlgarski-nemski prevod
  • свобода in Bǎlgarski tǎlkoven rečnik

Even edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian свобода (svoboda).

Noun edit

свобода (swoʙoda)

  1. freedom

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Cincius, V. I., Rišes, L. D. (1952) “свобода”, in Русско-эвенский словарь [Russian–Even Dictionary], Moscow, page 552a

Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *svoboda (freedom).

Noun edit

свобода (svobodaf

  1. freedom

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *svoboda (freedom).

Noun edit

свобода (svobodaf

  1. freedom

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic свобода́ (svobodá), from Proto-Slavic *svobodà (freedom).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

свобо́да (svobódaf inan (genitive свобо́ды, nominative plural свобо́ды, genitive plural свобо́д)

  1. freedom, liberty
    Synonym: во́ля (vólja)
    Пока́ есть госуда́рство, нет свобо́ды. Когда́ бу́дет свобо́да, не бу́дет госуда́рства.
    Poká jestʹ gosudárstvo, net svobódy. Kogdá búdet svobóda, ne búdet gosudárstva.
    While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State. (Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin)
    Свобо́да худо́жника в буржуа́зном о́бществеэ́то мни́мая свобо́да, зави́сящая от толщины́ де́нежного мешка́.
    Svobóda xudóžnika v buržuáznom óbščestve — éto mnímaja svobóda, zavísjaščaja ot tolščiný dénežnovo mešká.
    The freedom of the artist in bourgeois society is an imaginary freedom that depends on the thickness of the money bag.

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Even: свобода (swoʙoda)

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свобода”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic свобода́ (svobodá), from Proto-Slavic *svobodà (freedom).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

свобо́да (svobódaf inan (genitive свобо́ди, nominative plural свобо́ди, genitive plural свобо́д)

  1. freedom, liberty

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit