жажда

From Proto-Slavic *žęďa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒa̟ʒdɐ]

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• Rhymes: -aʒdɐ
• Syllabification^(key): жаж‧да

жа́жда • (žážda) f

1. thirst

   уми́рам от жа́жда ― umíram ot žážda ― to die for a drink

   изпи́твам жа́жда ― izpítvam žážda ― to be thirsty, to fell/suffer thirst

2. lust, craving

   жа́жда за нау́ка ― žážda za naúka ― lust for knowledge

• жад (žad)
• жаден (žaden)
• жадувам (žaduvam)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жѩжда (žjęžda), from Proto-Slavic *žęďa. Displaced Old Slovak žiadza.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒaʒda]
• Rhymes: -aʒda
• Hyphenation: жаж‧да

жажда (žažda) f

1. thirst (condition producing the sensation of thirst)
2. (figuratively) thirst, greed, greediness

   Synonyms: жаданє (žadanje), жадносц (žadnosc), гамишносц (hamišnosc), ґаладносц (galadnosc), лакомносц (lakomnosc)

3. (expressive) great desire, passion, lust

   Synonyms: жаданє (žadanje), (rare) жадосц (žadosc), страсц (strasc)

   жажда за ученьом ― žažda za učenʹom ― a great desire to learn

   жажда за богаценьом ― žažda za bohacenʹom ― a passion for getting rich

4. longing

   Synonyms: (poetic) туга (tuha), цагнуце (cahnuce)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “жеља”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 275
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “похлепа”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 249
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “чежња”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 789
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “жажда”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “desire”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 82
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “greed”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 129
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “lust”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 171
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “thirst”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 328

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жѩжда (žjęžda), from Proto-Slavic *žęďa, from *žędati +‎ *-ja. Displaced native Old East Slavic жажа (žaža).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐaʐdə]

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жа́жда • (žážda) f inan (genitive жа́жды, nominative plural жа́жды, genitive plural жажд)

1. thirst
2. craving

   жа́жда зна́ний ― žážda znánij ― thirst for knowledge, hunger for knowledge

   жа́жда крови ― žážda krovi ― blood lust

• жа́ждать (žáždatʹ)

• жа́дный (žádnyj)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жажда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress