череда

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪrʲɪˈda]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čerda (file, herd). Doublet of чреда́ (čredá), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

череда́ • (čeredá) f inan (genitive череды́, nominative plural череды́, genitive plural черёд)

  1. file, chain, train, procession (of objects)
    Synonyms: верени́ца (vereníca), ряд (rjad), цепь (cepʹ), цепо́чка (cepóčka), чреда́ (čredá)
  2. (dated, poetic) succession, sequence (of periodic events)
    се́рдце бьётся ро́вной чередо́йsérdce bʹjótsja róvnoj čeredój[my] heart is beating evenly
  3. (archaic, colloquial, poetic) time, turn (allotted for something)
    Synonym: пора́ (porá)
    худа́я череда́xudája čeredáan evil time
    всему́ своя́ череда́vsemú svojá čeredáthere comes a time for everything
  4. (botany) burr marigold, bur-marigold, beggar-ticks, stickseed, tickseed (a plant from the Bidens genus)
Declension
Descendants
  • Ingrian: cereda

Noun

череда́ • (čeredá) m inan

  1. genitive singular of черёд (čerjód)
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