běda

See also: beda, Beda, Béda, bēda, Béďa, bēdā, and będą

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“trust, be convinced”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbjɛda]
  • Rhymes: -ɛda
  • Hyphenation: bě‧da

Noun

běda f

  1. sorrow

Declension

Declension of běda (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative běda bědy
genitive bědy běd
dative bědě bědám
accusative bědu bědy
vocative bědo bědy
locative bědě bědách
instrumental bědou bědami

Derived terms

Interjection

běda

  1. alas (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bída”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, pages 83–84

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