бедолага
Russian
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editбедола́га • (bedolága) m anim or f anim (genitive бедола́ги, nominative plural бедола́ги, genitive plural бедола́г)
- (colloquial) poor devil
- Synonym: бедня́га (bednjága)
Declension
editDeclension of бедола́га (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | бедола́га bedolága |
бедола́ги bedolági |
genitive | бедола́ги bedolági |
бедола́г bedolág |
dative | бедола́ге bedoláge |
бедола́гам bedolágam |
accusative | бедола́гу bedolágu |
бедола́г bedolág |
instrumental | бедола́гой, бедола́гою bedolágoj, bedolágoju |
бедола́гами bedolágami |
prepositional | бедола́ге bedoláge |
бедола́гах bedolágax |
References
edit- ^ 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
Further reading
edit- "бідолаха" in Volume 1, Page 193 in Етимологічний словник української мови (1982-) [Etymological dictionary of Ukrainian language (1982-)] (in Ukrainian)
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