беда

• IPA^(key): [bɛˈda]

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• Rhymes: -da
• Syllabification^(key): бе‧да

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic бѣда (běda), from Proto-Slavic *běda.

беда́ • (bedá) f (diminutive беди́ца)

1. trouble, adversity, disaster, mishap

   докарвам беда някому ― dokarvam beda njakomu ― to bring calamity to s.o.

   някого го сполетява беда ― njakogo go spoletjava beda ― s.o. is struck by mishap

   някому е дошла беда ― njakomu e došla beda ― a trouble comes around s.o.

   Не е беда.

   Ne e beda.

   It is not a big deal. (It is fine.)

   (literally, “It is not a trouble.”)

   Бедата никога не идва сама. (proverb)

   Bedata nikoga ne idva sama.

   Of one ill come many.

   (literally, “The trouble never comes alone.”)

2. (in the plural) burdens, worries, needs

   народни беди ― narodni bedi ― nation's needs

3. (figurative, poetic) misfortune, trouble, woe

   за беда ― za beda ― unfortunately

   изпадам / попадам в беда ― izpadam / popadam v beda ― to get in trouble

• побе́да (pobéda, “victory, win”)
• бе́ден (béden, “poor, wretched”)

Deverbal from the causative-iterative бедя (bedja) of Etymology 1.

беда́ • (bedá) f (dialectal)

1. blame, slander, charge

   беда бедили някому ― beda bedili njakomu ― to have laid charges [against] s.o.

• “беда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “беда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895), “бѣда́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 94
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “беда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 39
• “бѣда”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeda/

беда (b’eda)

1. very

   Synonyms: чофта (čofta), пэре (per’e)

• A. A. Antonova (2014), A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN, page 26
• A. Antonova; E. Sheller (2021), “беда”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛda]

беда • (beda) f (relational adjective беден)

1. misery
2. misfortune, trouble, disaster, mischief

• бѣда́ (bědá) — pre-1918 spelling

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-, whence English bide, faith and fidelity.

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪˈda]

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беда́ • (bedá) f inan (genitive беды́, nominative plural бе́ды, genitive plural бед, diminutive беду́лька)

1. misfortune, trouble, disaster, mischief
   • 1958, “Песня о тревожной молодости (Song of the Restless Youth)”, Lev Oshanin (lyrics), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (music)‎^[1]:

     Пускай нам с тобой обоим
     Беда грозит за бедою,
     И дружбу мою с тобою
     Одна только смерть возьмёт

     Puskaj nam s toboj oboim
     Beda grozit za bedoju,
     I družbu moju s toboju
     Odna tolʹko smertʹ vozʹmjót

     Let calamity after calamity
     Threaten us, [me] and you, both;
     And my friendship with you
     Only death alone can take away!

• бедова́ть impf (bedovátʹ)
• бедоку́рить impf (bedokúritʹ), набедоку́рить pf (nabedokúritʹ)

Phrases

• не беда́ (ne bedá)

Proverbs

• беда́ не прихо́дит одна́ (bedá ne prixódit odná)
• лиха́ беда́ нача́ло (lixá bedá načálo)
• пришла́ беда́ — отворя́й ворота́ (prišlá bedá — otvorjáj vorotá)
• семь бед — оди́н отве́т (semʹ bed — odín otvét)

• бе́дный (bédnyj), бедо́вый (bedóvyj), бе́дственный (bédstvennyj)
• бе́дствие (bédstvije), бедня́га (bednjága), бедня́к (bednják)
• бе́дствовать (bédstvovatʹ), бедне́ть (bednétʹ), обедне́ть (obednétʹ)

Borrowed

Related via Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-:

• конфиде́нт m anim (konfidént)
• конфиденциа́льный (konfidenciálʹnyj)
• Фиде́ль m anim (Fidélʹ)

• → Khamnigan Mongol: бидаа (bidaa)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “беда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M. (1965), “беда”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 68
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “беда”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “беда”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 28
  • See also:
    • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “победа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 308
    • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “убедить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 443
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010), “беда”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 53
• Anikin, A. E. (2009), “беда́ I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 28
  • See also: Anikin, A. E. (2009), “беди́ть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 30

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “беда”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• бије́да (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda.

• IPA^(key): /běːda/
• Hyphenation: бе‧да

бе́да f (Latin spelling béda)

1. misery