бедолага
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian бідолага (bidolaha, “poor thing, poor person”),[1] from an earlier бідолаха related to Ukrainian біда (bida), which is a cognate with Russian беда (beda). The word has been adapted to the Russian phonetics with the change of "і" in Ukrainian біда (bida) to "е" like in Russian беда (beda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʲɪdɐˈɫaɡə]
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Noun
бедола́га • (bedolága) m anim or f anim (genitive бедола́ги, nominative plural бедола́ги, genitive plural бедола́г)
- (colloquial) poor devil
- Synonym: бедня́га (bednjága)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бедола́га bedolága |
бедола́ги bedolági |
| genitive | бедола́ги bedolági |
бедола́г bedolág |
| dative | бедола́ге bedoláge |
бедола́гам bedolágam |
| accusative | бедола́гу bedolágu |
бедола́г bedolág |
| instrumental | бедола́гой, бедола́гою bedolágoj, bedolágoju |
бедола́гами bedolágami |
| prepositional | бедола́ге bedoláge |
бедола́гах bedolágax |
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бідолаха”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 193
Further reading
- "бідолаха" in Volume 1, Page 193 in Етимологічний словник української мови (1982-) [Etymological dictionary of Ukrainian language (1982-)] (in Ukrainian)
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