бедствие

Borrowed from Russian бе́дствие (bédstvije). By surface analysis, беда́ (bedá, “trouble”) +‎ -ствие (-stvie).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛtstviɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛtstviɛ
• Syllabification^(key): бед‧стви‧е
• Hyphenation^(key): бед‧ствие

бе́дствие • (bédstvie) n

1. calamity, disaster, scourge, adversity

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• “бедствие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бедствие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• бѣ́дствіе (bě́dstvije) — pre-1918 spelling

From беда́ (bedá) +‎ -ство (-stvo) +‎ -ие (-ije) or from Old Church Slavonic бѣдьство (bědĭstvo), remodeled after other slavonicisims featuring -ствие (-stvije).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲet͡stvʲɪje]

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бе́дствие • (bédstvije) n inan (genitive бе́дствия, nominative plural бе́дствия, genitive plural бе́дствий, relational adjective бе́дственный)

1. calamity, disaster

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• бе́дствовать impf (bédstvovatʹ)