нэндза

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• nendza — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish nędza. Doublet of ну́жа (núža).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛnd͡za]

Noun

нэ́ндза • (néndza) f inan or f pers or m pers (genitive нэ́ндзы, uncountable, relational adjective нэндзны) (colloquial)

1. poverty

   Synonyms: бе́днасць (bjédnascʹ), гале́ча (haljéča)

2. (animate) moaner, whiner

   Synonym: нуда́ (nudá)

3. yearning, anguish, melancholy

   Synonym: нуда́ (nudá)

Usage notes

• Only sense 2 may be masculine and/or animate.

Declension

Declension of нэ́ндза (inan/pr sg-only hard fem-form // hard masc in -а accent-a)

	singular
nominative	нэ́ндза néndza
genitive	нэ́ндзы néndzy
dative	нэ́ндзе, нэ́ндзу néndzje, néndzu
accusative	нэ́ндзу néndzu
instrumental	нэ́ндзай, нэ́ндзаю, нэ́ндзам néndzaj, néndzaju, néndzam
locative	нэ́ндзе néndzje

Derived terms

• нэндзны (nendzny)

 

References

• “нэндза” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “нэндза”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)