ради

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Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *radi.

Preposition

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ради (radi)

  1. for the sake of
    • from Vita Methodii, 0700300-0700310:
      а тꙑ любиши гороу вельми, то не мози горꙑ ради оставити оучениꙗ своѥго, паче бо можеши кꙑмь съпасенъ бꙑти.
      a ty ljubiši goru velĭmi, to ne mozi gory radi ostaviti učenija svojego, pače bo možeši kymĭ sŭpasenŭ byti.
      Though you have great love for the mountain, still leave not your teaching for the mountain’s sake, for you can sooner be saved through it.
  2. because of

Descendants

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  • Russian: ра́ди (rádi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ра̏ди
    Latin script: rȁdi

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈradʲɪ]
  • Audio:(file)

Preposition

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ра́ди (rádi) [with genitive]

  1. for the sake of
    ра́ди меня́rádi menjáfor my sake
    ра́ди дете́йrádi detéjfor the sake of the children

Postposition

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ра́ди (rádi) [with genitive]

  1. for the sake of
  • Бо́га ра́диBóga rádifor God's sake

Usage notes

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The word can be used as both preposition and postposition. The latter usage tends to be more formal.

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /râdi/
  • Hyphenation: ра‧ди

Preposition

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ра̏ди (Latin spelling rȁdi) (+ genitive case)

  1. for, because of, for the sake of
    ради менеfor my sake
    ради д(ј)ецеfor the sake of the children
    ради тог(а)because of that

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ра́ди (rády)

  1. genitive singular of ра́да (ráda)
  2. nominative plural of ра́да (ráda)
  3. accusative plural of ра́да (ráda)
  4. vocative plural of ра́да (ráda)