нужа

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic нужа (nuža), inherited from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Doublet of нужда́ (nuždá), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnuʐə]

Noun

ну́жа • (núža) f inan (genitive ну́жи, nominative plural ну́жи, genitive plural нуж)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) need, want

Declension

References

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