ябеда
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic ѩбедьникъ (jębedĭnikŭ), ѧбетьникъ (ębetĭnikŭ), borrowed from Old Norse embætti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją, derived from *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”).
Compare Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, office”) and Old High German ambahti (“position, office”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
я́беда • (jábeda) m anim or f anim or f inan (genitive я́беды, nominative plural я́беды, genitive plural я́бед)
Declension edit
Declension of я́беда (bian fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Related terms edit
- я́бедничать (jábedničatʹ)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ябеда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
я́беда • (jábeda) f inan (genitive я́беди, nominative plural я́беди, genitive plural я́бед)
Declension edit
Declension of я́беда (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
References edit
- “ябеда”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)