Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

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Noun

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ну́жда (núždaf

  1. need
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb

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нужда́ (nuždá)

  1. second-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)
  2. third-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

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Noun

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нужда (nuždaf (relational adjective нужен)

  1. necessity
  2. (euphemistic) need to go the bathroom

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Declension of нужда
singular plural
indefinite нужда (nužda) нужди (nuždi)
definite unspecified нуждата (nuždata) нуждите (nuždite)
definite proximal нуждава (nuždava) нуждиве (nuždive)
definite distal нуждана (nuždana) нуждине (nuždine)
vocative нуждо (nuždo) нужди (nuždi)

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form нужа (nuža).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nʊʐˈda]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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нужда́ (nuždáf inan (genitive нужды́, nominative plural ну́жды, genitive plural нужд)

  1. need, want, request
  2. need, indigence

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), likely via Russian нужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nûʒda/
  • Hyphenation: нуж‧да

Noun

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ну̏жда f (Latin spelling nȕžda)

  1. need
  2. necessity

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References

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  • нужда”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form ну́жа (núža). Doublet of ну́жа (núža, lice; flies) (obsolete).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • нужда́: IPA(key): [nʊʒˈda]
  • ну́жда: IPA(key): [ˈnuʒdɐ] (rare)
  • Audio; нужда́ (nuždá):(file)

Noun

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нужда́ or ну́жда1 (nuždá or núžda1f inan (genitive нужди́ or ну́жди1, uncountable) (1Rare.)

  1. need, neediness, indigence, privation, want (lack of means of subsistence)
    Synonyms: неста́тки m pl (nestátky), скру́та f (skrúta), бі́дність f (bídnistʹ), біднота́ f (bidnotá), зли́дні m pl (zlýdni), убо́гість f (ubóhistʹ)
  2. (rare) need (requirement for something)
    Synonyms: потре́ба f (potréba), необхі́дність f (neobxídnistʹ)
  3. (dialectal) Synonym of біда́ f (bidá, misfortune, trouble)

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “нужда”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 117

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