ябеда

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ѩбедьникъ (jębedĭnikŭ), ѧбетьникъ (jębetĭnikŭ), 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

• IPA^(key): [ˈjæbʲɪdə]

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Noun

я́беда • (jábeda) m anim or f anim or f inan (genitive я́беды, nominative plural я́беды, genitive plural я́бед)

1. (masculine or feminine, animate) tattletale
2. (feminine, inanimate, obsolete) slander, snitching

Declension

Declension of я́беда (bian fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	я́беда jábeda	я́беды jábedy
genitive	я́беды jábedy	я́бед jábed
dative	я́беде jábede	я́бедам jábedam
accusative animate inanimate	я́беду jábedu	я́бед jábed
		я́беды jábedy
instrumental	я́бедой, я́бедою jábedoj, jábedoju	я́бедами jábedami
prepositional	я́беде jábede	я́бедах jábedax

Related terms

• я́бедничать (jábedničatʹ)

References

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

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjabedɐ]

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Noun

я́беда • (jábeda) f inan (genitive я́беди, nominative plural я́беди, genitive plural я́бед)

1. sneak

Declension

Declension of я́беда (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	я́беда jábeda	я́беди jábedy
genitive	я́беди jábedy	я́бед jábed
dative	я́беді jábedi	я́бедам jábedam
accusative	я́беду jábedu	я́беди jábedy
instrumental	я́бедою jábedoju	я́бедами jábedamy
locative	я́беді jábedi	я́бедах jábedax
vocative	я́бедо jábedo	я́беди jábedy

References

• “ябеда”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)