нужда

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈnuʒdə]

ну́жда • (núžda) f

1. need

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [nuʒˈda]

нужда́ • (nuždá)

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

From Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnuʒda]

нужда • (nužda) f (related adjective нужен)

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

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

• IPA^(key): [nʊʐˈda]

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нужда́ • (nuždá) f inan (genitive нужды́, nominative plural ну́жды, genitive plural нужд)

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

• потре́бность (potrébnostʹ), необходи́мость (neobxodímostʹ)
• бе́дность (bédnostʹ), нищета́ (niščetá)

• нужда́ться (nuždátʹsja)

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

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

ну̏жда f (Latin spelling nȕžda)

1. need
2. necessity

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