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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čerda (file, herd). Doublet of чреда́ (čredá), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

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череда́ (čeredáf inan (genitive череды́, nominative plural череды́, genitive plural черёд)

  1. file, chain, train, procession (of objects)
    Synonyms: верени́ца (vereníca), ряд (rjad), цепь (cepʹ), цепо́чка (cepóčka), чреда́ (čredá)
  2. (dated, poetic) succession, sequence (of periodic events)
    се́рдце бьётся ро́вной чередо́йsérdce bʹjótsja róvnoj čeredój[my] heart is beating evenly
  3. (archaic, colloquial, poetic) time, turn (allotted for something)
    Synonym: пора́ (porá)
    худа́я череда́xudája čeredáan evil time
    всему́ своя́ череда́vsemú svojá čeredáthere comes a time for everything
  4. (botany) burr marigold, bur-marigold, beggar-ticks, stickseed, tickseed (a plant from the Bidens genus)
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  • Ingrian: cereda

Etymology 2 edit

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череда́ (čeredám inan

  1. genitive singular of черёд (čerjód)