nužda

See also: нужда

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda). Reintroduced through Russian нужда (nužda), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nûʒda/
  • Hyphenation: nuž‧da

Noun

nȕžda f (Cyrillic spelling ну̏жда)

  1. need
  2. necessity

Declension

Declension of nužda
singular plural
nominative nȕžda nužde
genitive nužde nȗždā / nȗždī
dative nuždi nuždama
accusative nuždu nužde
vocative nuždo nužde
locative nuždi nuždama
instrumental nuždom nuždama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “nȕžda”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 726

Further reading

  • nužda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025