забота
See also: заботя
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic зобота (zobota), from Proto-Slavic [Term?], possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gab- (“to watch, show”).[1] Cognate with Proto-West Germanic *kapēn (“to watch, to look”), Proto-Germanic *kōpijaną (“to look after, care for”) (whence English keep). Also compare Ukrainian забо́та (zabóta), Slovene zóbati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɐˈbotə]
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Noun
забо́та • (zabóta) f inan (genitive забо́ты, nominative plural забо́ты, genitive plural забо́т)
- care
- concern, anxiety, worry, trouble
Declension
Declension of забо́та (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | забо́та zabóta | забо́ты zabóty |
| genitive | забо́ты zabóty | забо́т zabót |
| dative | забо́те zabóte | забо́там zabótam |
| accusative | забо́ту zabótu | забо́ты zabóty |
| instrumental | забо́той, забо́тою zabótoj, zabótoju | забо́тами zabótami |
| prepositional | забо́те zabóte | забо́тах zabótax |
Related terms
- беззабо́тный (bezzabótnyj)
- забо́тить (zabótitʹ)
- забо́титься (zabótitʹsja)
- забо́тливый (zabótlivyj)
- озабо́ченный (ozabóčennyj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “забота”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “kap(p)on”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 349