ябеда

Russian

Etymology

Borrowing from Old Norse embætti, compare Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, office”), Old High German ambahti (“position, office”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjæbʲɪdə]

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Noun

я́беда • (jábeda) m anim, f anim, f inan (genitive я́беды, nominative plural я́беды, genitive plural я́бед)

1. (masculine or feminine, animate) tattletale
2. (feminine, inanimate, obsolete) slander, snitching

Declension

Declension of я́беда (bian fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	я́беда jábeda	я́беды jábedy
genitive	я́беды jábedy	я́бед jábed
dative	я́беде jábede	я́бедам jábedam
accusative animate inanimate	я́беду jábedu	я́бед jábed
		я́беды jábedy
instrumental	я́бедой, я́бедою jábedoj, jábedoju	я́бедами jábedami
prepositional	я́беде jábede	я́бедах jábedax

Related terms

• я́бедничать (jábedničatʹ)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ябеда”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress