Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Old Belarusian служба (služba), from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɫuʐba]
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слу́жба (slúžbaf inan (genitive слу́жбы, nominative plural слу́жбы, genitive plural слу́жбаў)

  1. service
  2. employment, job

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References

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  • служба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *služьba. Morphologically from слу́жа (slúža, to serve) +‎ -ба (-ba).

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Noun

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слу́жба (slúžbaf (relational adjective служе́бен)

  1. service

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References

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

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Noun

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служба (službaf (relational adjective службен)

  1. service

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Declension of служба
singular plural
indefinite служба (služba) служби (službi)
definite unspecified службата (službata) службите (službite)
definite proximal службава (službava) службиве (službive)
definite distal службана (službana) службине (službine)
vocative службо (službo) служби (službi)

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  • служба in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba. By surface analysis, служи́ть (služítʹ) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

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Noun

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слу́жба (slúžbaf inan (genitive слу́жбы, nominative plural слу́жбы, genitive plural служб, relational adjective служе́бный)

  1. service
  2. employment, job
  3. office, work, post
  4. duty
  5. divine service

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Descendants

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  • Karelian: sluušpa (meaning 'religious service')
  • Yakut: сулууспа (suluuspa)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /slǔʒba/
  • Hyphenation: служ‧ба

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слу̀жба f (Latin spelling slùžba)

  1. service
  2. employment, job
  3. office, work
  4. duty
  5. divine service

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *služьba.

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слу́жба (slúžbaf inan (genitive слу́жби, nominative plural слу́жби, genitive plural служб)

  1. service
  2. employment, job
  3. office, work
  4. duty
  5. divine service

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