борьба

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borьba. By surface analysis, боро́ться (borótʹsja) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bɐrʲˈba]
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Noun

борьба́ • (borʹbá) f inan (genitive борьбы́, uncountable)

struggle, fight, conflict, combat
борьба́ за справедли́вость ― borʹbá za spravedlívostʹ ― fight for justice

борьба́ с бе́дностью ― borʹbá s bédnostʹju ― struggle against poverty

наро́дная борьба́ в тылу́ ― naródnaja borʹbá v tylú ― popular struggle in the homefront
- 1911, Leo Tolstoy, Father Sergius, part 2:
  Борьба́ состоя́ла в том, что его́ раздража́ли посети́тели, господа́, осо́бенно да́мы.
  Borʹbá sostojála v tom, što jevó razdražáli posetíteli, gospodá, osóbenno dámy.
  His struggle was due to the fact that visitors irritated him: gentlemen, and especially ladies.
(sports) wrestling

Declension

Declension of борьба́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b)

	singular
nominative	борьба́ borʹbá
genitive	борьбы́ borʹbý
dative	борьбе́ borʹbé
accusative	борьбу́ borʹbú
instrumental	борьбо́й, борьбо́ю borʹbój, borʹbóju
prepositional	борьбе́ borʹbé

Derived terms

кла́ссовая борьба́ f (klássovaja borʹbá)
РЭБ f (REB)

Related terms

боре́ц (boréc)
боро́ться (borótʹsja)

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