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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bʲɪdɐˈɫaɡə]
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Noun

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

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

Declension

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References

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  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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