See also: причиня

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *pričina, formally an action noun of an unattested *причия, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyH- (to arrange, to adjust) + -на (-na).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [priˈt͡ʃinɐ]
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Noun

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причи́на (pričínaf

  1. cause, reason

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  • причина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • причина”, 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 *pričina.

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Noun

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причина (pričinaf (relational adjective причински)

  1. cause, reason

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Declension of причина
singular plural
indefinite причина (pričina) причини (pričini)
definite unspecified причината (pričinata) причините (pričinite)
definite proximal причинава (pričinava) причиниве (pričinive)
definite distal причинана (pričinana) причинине (pričinine)
vocative причино (pričino) причини (pričini)

Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak príčina, from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [priˈt͡ʃina]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: при‧чи‧на

Noun

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причина (pričinaf

  1. reason, cause, motive
    пре тоту причинуpre totu pričinufor this reason
    вон сам причина свойого нєщесца
    von sam pričina svojoho nješčesca
    he only has himself to blame for his misfortunes
    (literally, “he himself is the cause of his misfortune”)
  2. argument, ground
    Synonym: арґумент (argument)

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

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причи́на (pričínaf inan (genitive причи́ны, nominative plural причи́ны, genitive plural причи́н)

  1. cause (source or reason of an event or action)
  2. reason
    по како́й-то причи́неpo kakój-to pričínefor some reason

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  • Kildin Sami: приченҍ (pričjen’)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *pričina.

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причи́на (pryčýnaf inan (genitive причи́ни, nominative plural причи́ни, genitive plural причи́н, relational adjective причи́нний)

  1. reason
    з яко́їсь причи́ниz jakójisʹ pryčýnyfor some reason
  2. cause

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