ссора

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъsora; compare Old Church Slavonic сваръ (svarŭ, “quarrel”). Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *swer-; further related to English swear via Proto-Germanic *swarō.

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• IPA^(key): [ˈsːorə]

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ссо́ра • (ssóra) f inan (genitive ссо́ры, nominative plural ссо́ры, genitive plural ссор)

1. quarrel
   • 1875, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть 1. Глава 1. VIII”, in Подросток; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Raw Youth, London: Heinemann, 1916:

     Он был со мно́ю да́же мил и шути́л, но я скоре́е хоте́л ссо́ры, чем таки́х шу́ток

     On byl so mnóju dáže mil i šutíl, no ja skoréje xotél ssóry, čem takíx šútok

     He was positively charming to me, and jested with me, but I should have liked quarrels better than such jests.

2. disagreement
3. brawl, battle
4. controversy

• ссо́рить (ssóritʹ)
• ссо́риться (ssóritʹsja)