Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gryža.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡriʒɐ]
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Noun

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гри́жа (grížaf (diminutive гри́жица)

  1. trouble, bother, fuss, cumbrance
    бера грижи (idiom)bera grižito be concerned (literally, “to gather troubles”)
  2. worry, anxiety, uneasiness, alert (emotional state caused by trouble or cumbrance)
    Synonyms: безпоко́йство (bezpokójstvo), трево́га (trevóga)
  3. (by semantic shift) care, concern, mindfulness
    полагам грижи за ...polagam griži za ...to bestow cares on ...
    лишен от родителска грижаlišen ot roditelska grižadeprived of parents' care

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Macedonian

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грижа (grižaf

  1. care, concern, worry

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From гри̏сти.

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  • IPA(key): /ɡrîʒa/
  • Hyphenation: гри‧жа

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гри̏жа f (Latin spelling grȉža)

  1. dysentery
  2. qualms (of conscience)
  3. rocky or waterless area

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Ukrainian

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Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia uk

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gryža.[1]

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гри́жа (hrýžaf inan (genitive гри́жі, nominative plural гри́жі, genitive plural гриж)

  1. (pathology) hernia

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гри́жа (hrýžaf inan (genitive гри́жі, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) woe; worry
    Synonyms: журба́ f (žurbá, woe), турбо́та f (turbóta, worry)

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “грижа”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 594

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