відчай
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Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *otъčajati sę (“to lose hope”), from *čajati.[1] Compare Russian отча́яние (otčájanije), Belarusian адча́й (adčáj).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ві́дчай • (vídčaj) m inan (genitive ві́дчаю, uncountable)
- despair, desperation, despondency
- Synonyms: ро́зпач m (rózpač), розпу́ка f (rozpúka), безнаді́я f (beznadíja), безнаді́йність f (beznadíjnistʹ)
- впада́ти у ві́дчай ― vpadáty u vídčaj ― to fall into despair
Declension
[edit]Declension of ві́дчай (inan sg-only j-stem masc-form accent-a)
References
[edit]- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “відчай”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “відчай”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “відчай”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “відчай”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “відчай”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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