ябеда
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ѧбетникъ (ębetnikŭ), ябедникъ (jabednik), borrowed from Old Norse embætti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją, derived from *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”).
Compare Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, office”) and Old High German ambahti (“position, office”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjæbʲɪdə]
Audio (file)
Noun
я́беда • (jábeda) m anim or f anim or f inan (genitive я́беды, nominative plural я́беды, genitive plural я́бед)
- (masculine or feminine, animate) tattletale
- (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 Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress