nùdja

nùdja; nǫ̀dja Grammatical information: f. jā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `need'

Page in Trubačev: XXVI 37-39

Old Church Slavic:

nǫžda `force, necessity, suffering' [f jā];

nužda (Supr., En.) `force, necessity, suffering' [f jā] \{1\}

Russian:

núža (dial., arch.) `need, necessity' [f ā]

Czech:

nouze `poverty, need' [f jā]

Old Czech:

núže `difficult situation, torment, need' [f jā]

Slovak:

núdza `poverty, need, torment' [f jā]

Polish:

nędza `poverty, need, torment' [f jā]

Serbo-Croatian:

nȕžda `poverty' [f jā]

Slovene:

núja `necessity, need' [f jā]

Bulgarian:

núžda `need, poverty' [f jā]

Lithuanian:

naudà `use' [f ā] 3

Old Prussian:

nautin `need'

Indo-European reconstruction: nouH-dʰ-i-eh₂

Page in Pokorny: 756

Other cognates:

Go. noʮs `need, force' [f]

Notes:

\{1\} Supr. has 27 instances of nužd- against four instances of nǫžd-.