борьба
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Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borьba. By surface analysis, боро́ться (borótʹsja) + -ьба (-ʹba).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- кла́ссовая борьба́ f (klássovaja borʹbá)
- РЭБ f (REB)
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