патрэба

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *terba. By surface analysis, па- (pa-) +‎ трэ́ба (tréba). Compare Polish potrzeba and Ukrainian потреба (potreba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈtrɛba]
• Rhymes: -ɛba

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Noun

патрэ́ба • (patréba) f inan (genitive патрэ́бы, nominative plural патрэ́бы, genitive plural патрэ́б)

1. need
2. requirement, necessity

Declension

Declension of патрэ́ба (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	патрэ́ба patréba	патрэ́бы patréby
genitive	патрэ́бы patréby	патрэ́б patréb
dative	патрэ́бе patrébje	патрэ́бам patrébam
accusative	патрэ́бу patrébu	патрэ́бы patréby
instrumental	патрэ́бай, патрэ́баю patrébaj, patrébaju	патрэ́бамі patrébami
locative	патрэ́бе patrébje	патрэ́бах patrébax
count form	—	патрэ́бы1 patréby1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• патрабава́ць (patrabavácʹ)
• патрэ́бны (patrébny)

References

• “патрэба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org