причина

From Proto-Slavic *pričina, formally an action noun of an unattested *причия, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyH- (“to arrange, to adjust”) + -на (-na).

• IPA^(key): [priˈt͡ʃinɐ]

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• Rhymes: -inɐ
• Hyphenation^(key): при‧чи‧на

причи́на • (pričína) f

1. cause, reason

• причиня́вам impf (pričinjávam), причиня́ pf (pričinjá, “to cause”)

• чин (čin, “rank”)
  • на́чин (náčin, “manner, method”)
• чи́ня (čínja, “to do”)

• “причина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “причина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

• IPA^(key): [ˈprit͡ʃina]

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причина • (pričina) f (relational adjective причински)

1. cause, reason

Inherited from Old Slovak príčina, from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

• IPA^(key): [priˈt͡ʃina]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: при‧чи‧на

причина (pričina) f

1. reason, cause, motive

   пре тоту причину ― pre totu pričinu ― for this reason

   вон сам причина свойого нєщесца

   von sam pričina svojoho nješčesca

   he only has himself to blame for his misfortunes

   (literally, “he himself is the cause of his misfortune”)

2. argument, ground

   Synonym: арґумент (argument)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “причина”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “reason”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 240

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

• IPA^(key): [prʲɪˈt͡ɕinə]

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причи́на • (pričína) f inan (genitive причи́ны, nominative plural причи́ны, genitive plural причи́н)

1. cause (source or reason of an event or action)
2. reason

   по како́й-то причи́не ― po kakój-to pričíne ― for some reason

   • 1842, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], “Том I, Глава IV”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls—A Poem, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:

     Подъе́хавши к тракти́ру, Чи́чиков веле́л останови́ться по двум причи́нам. С одно́й стороны́, чтоб дать отдохну́ть лошадя́м, а с друго́й стороны́, чтоб и самому́ не́сколько закуси́ть и подкрепи́ться.

     Podʺjéxavši k traktíru, Číčikov velél ostanovítʹsja po dvum pričínam. S odnój storoný, štob datʹ otdoxnútʹ lošadjám, a s drugój storoný, štob i samomú néskolʹko zakusítʹ i podkrepítʹsja.

     As they approached the tavern, Tchitchikov told Selifan to stop for two reasons, that the horses might rest and also that he might himself have a little refreshment.

• по причи́не (po pričíne)

• причи́нность f (pričínnostʹ)
• причи́нный (pričínnyj)
• причиня́ть impf (pričinjátʹ), причини́ть pf (pričinítʹ)

• → Kildin Sami: приченҍ (pričjen’)

From Proto-Slavic *pričina.

• IPA^(key): [preˈt͡ʃɪnɐ]

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причи́на • (pryčýna) f inan (genitive причи́ни, nominative plural причи́ни, genitive plural причи́н, relational adjective причи́нний)

1. reason

   з яко́їсь причи́ни ― z jakójisʹ pryčýny ― for some reason

2. cause

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “причина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “причина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)