Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic жадьнъ (žadĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žędьnъ (avid, greedy).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʐadnɨj]
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Adjective edit

жа́дный (žádnyj) (comparative (по)жадне́е or (по)жадне́й)

  1. greedy
  2. avaricious, covetous (на (na) + accusative or до (do) + genitive or к (k) + dative)
  3. selfish

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Further reading edit

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