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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic надоба (nadoba), from Proto-Slavic *nadoba (whence Czech nádoba (dish, container)), from *na + *doba (whence Old Church Slavonic доба (doba, use, advantage)).

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Noun

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на́доба (nádobaf inan (genitive на́добы, nominative plural на́добы, genitive plural на́доб)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) need, necessity

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