обуза

Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈbuzə]

Noun

обу́за • (obúza) f inan (genitive обу́зы, nominative plural обу́зы, genitive plural обу́з)

  1. burden, load
  2. (figuratively) drag, liability, lame duck

Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обуза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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