обуза

Inherited from Old East Slavic обузъ (obuzŭ), from Proto-Slavic *obvǫzъ, *obvǫza. Compare Old Church Slavonic обѫзъ (obǫzŭ).

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈbuzə]

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

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

• вяза́ть impf (vjazátʹ)
• обя́занность f (objázannostʹ)
• обяза́ть pf (objazátʹ)
• у́зы pl (úzy)

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

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “обуза”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.