Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Old Belarusian служба (služba), from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɫuʐba]
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слу́жба (slúžbaf inan (genitive слу́жбы, nominative plural слу́жбы, genitive plural слу́жбаў)

  1. service
  2. employment, job

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References

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  • служба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *služьba. Morphologically from слу́жа (slúža, to serve) +‎ -ба (-ba).

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слу́жба (slúžbaf (relational adjective служе́бен)

  1. service

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References

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  • служба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • служба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

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служба (službaf (relational adjective службен)

  1. service

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  • служба in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba. By surface analysis, служи́ть (služítʹ) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

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слу́жба (slúžbaf inan (genitive слу́жбы, nominative plural слу́жбы, genitive plural служб, relational adjective служе́бный)

  1. service
  2. employment, job
  3. office, work, post
  4. duty
  5. divine service

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Descendants

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  • Karelian: sluušpa (meaning 'religious service')
  • Yakut: сулууспа (suluuspa)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

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  • IPA(key): /slǔʒba/
  • Hyphenation: служ‧ба

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слу̀жба f (Latin spelling slùžba)

  1. service
  2. employment, job
  3. office, work
  4. duty
  5. divine service

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *služьba.

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слу́жба (slúžbaf inan (genitive слу́жби, nominative plural слу́жби, genitive plural служб)

  1. service
  2. employment, job
  3. office, work
  4. duty
  5. divine service

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