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обуза

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic обузъ (obuzŭ), from Proto-Slavic *obvǫzъ, *obvǫza. Compare Old Church Slavonic обѫзъ (obǫzŭ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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обу́за (obúzaf inan (genitive обу́зы, nominative plural обу́зы, genitive plural обу́з)

  1. burden, load
  2. (figuratively) drag, liability, lame duck

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обуза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress