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Etymology edit

From біда́ (bidá) +‎ -ува́ти (-uváty). Compare Russian бе́дствовать (bédstvovatʹ), Belarusian бедава́ць (bjedavácʹ), Polish biedować.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bʲidʊˈʋate]
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Verb edit

бідува́ти (biduvátyimpf

  1. to live in poverty, to live in misery
    • 1899, Vasyl Stefanyk, Новина [News]‎[1]:
      Відко́ли Гри́циха вме́рла, то він бідува́в.
      Vidkóly Hrýcyxa vmérla, to vin biduváv.
      Ever since Hrytsykha died, he had been living in misery.

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