ради
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Possibly an Iranian borrowing; compare Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎮𐎡𐎹 (r-a-di-i-y /rādiy/, “on the account of”).
Preposition
ради • (radi)
Descendants
Russian
Pronunciation
Preposition
ра́ди • (rádi) (+ genitive case)
- for the sake of
- ра́ди меня́ ― rádi menjá ― for my sake
- ра́ди дете́й ― rádi detéj ― for the sake of the children
Usage notes
The word can be used as both preposition, as in ра́ди меня́ ― rádi menjá ― for my sake, and postposition, as in Бо́га ра́ди ― Bóga rádi ― for God's sake. The latter usage tends to be more phrasal.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *radi
Pronunciation
Preposition
ра̏ди (Latin spelling rȁdi) (+ genitive case)
- for, because of, for the sake of
- ради мене ― for my sake
- ради д(ј)еце ― for the sake of the children
- ради тог(а) ― because of that
Ukrainian
Noun
ра́ди • (rády)
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