треба

See also: трэба and трѣба

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛba]

Verb

треба • (treba) third-singular present, impf (perfective затреба or притреба)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to be necessary, be advisable (corresponds to "should")
2. (intransitive) to need

   Ми треба нов стан.

   I need a new apartment.

Usage notes

• This verb, when meaning "should" is impersonal and doesn't conjugate according to the person or number of the subject - these are reflected in the "да-конструкција" that follows.

Conjugation

Conjugation of треба (imperfective, present in -а)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	требал	—	adjectival participle	—
feminine	требала	—	adverbial participle	требајќи
neuter	требало	—	verbal noun	требање
plural	требале	—	perfect participle	требано
	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	требам	требав	—	—
2nd singular	требаш	требаше	—	требај
3rd singular	треба	требаше	—	—
1st plural	требаме	требавме	—	—
2nd plural	требате	требавте	—	требајте
3rd plural	требаат	требаа	—	—
Compound tenses
perfect	сум требал		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам требано		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев требал		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав требано		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал требано		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе требам		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам требано		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе требав		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав требано		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум требал		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал требано		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би требал		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал требано		conditional of има + perfect participle

Russian

Alternative forms

• трѣ́ба (trě́ba) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѣба (trěba), from Proto-Slavic *terba. Displaced the Old East Slavic inherited form тереба (tereba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrʲebə]

Noun

тре́ба • (tréba) f inan (genitive тре́бы, nominative plural тре́бы, genitive plural треб)

1. rite, ceremony (an irregular church ceremony performed at the request of a parishioner)

   Synonym: обря́д (obrjád)

Declension

Declension of тре́ба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	тре́ба tréba	тре́бы tréby
genitive	тре́бы tréby	тре́б tréb
dative	тре́бе trébe	тре́бам trébam
accusative	тре́бу trébu	тре́бы tréby
instrumental	тре́бой, тре́бою tréboj, tréboju	тре́бами trébami
prepositional	тре́бе trébe	тре́бах trébax

Related terms

• истреби́ть (istrebítʹ)
• тре́бование (trébovanije), потре́бность (potrébnostʹ)
• потре́бный (potrébnyj)
• тре́бовать (trébovatʹ)
• требник (trebnik)

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trěːba/
• Hyphenation: тре‧ба

Noun

тре́ба f (Latin spelling tréba)

1. (slang) girl, chick

Declension

Declension of треба

	singular	plural
nominative	треба	требе
genitive	требе	треба
dative	треби	требама
accusative	требу	требе
vocative	требо	требе
locative	треби	требама
instrumental	требама	требама

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:treba.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• тријѐба (Ijekavian)

Noun

тре́ба f (Latin spelling tréba)

1. need

   тр(иј)еба је, тр(иј)ебе је — it is necessary

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛbɐ]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѣба (trěba, “rite, ceremony, necessity”), from Proto-Slavic *terba. Displaced the Old East Slavic inherited form тереба (tereba).

Noun

тре́ба • (tréba) f inan (genitive тре́би, nominative plural тре́би, genitive plural треб)

1. rite, ceremony (religious)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	тре́ба tréba	тре́би tréby
genitive	тре́би tréby	треб treb
dative	тре́бі trébi	тре́бам trébam
accusative	тре́бу trébu	тре́би tréby
instrumental	тре́бою tréboju	тре́бами trébamy
locative	тре́бі trébi	тре́бах trébax
vocative	тре́бо trébo	тре́би tréby

Etymology 2

Same as etymology 1 or likely borrowed later from Polish trzeba.

Predicative

тре́ба • (tréba)

1. used to express necessity: (one) must, (one) has to, (it is) necessary (impersonal, + dative)

   Synonyms: потрі́бно (potríbno), слід (slid)

   Мені́ тре́ба було́ це прийня́ти. ― Mení tréba buló ce pryjnjáty. ― I had to accept this.

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “треба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka