# причина
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pričina, formally an action noun of an unattested *причия, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyH- (“to arrange, to adjust”) + -на (-na).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [priˈt͡ʃinɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

причи́на • (pričína) f
* cause, reason

#### Derived terms

* причиня́вам impf (pričinjávam), причиня́ pf (pričinjá, “to cause”)

#### Related terms

* чин (čin, “rank”)
** на́чин (náčin, “manner, method”)
* чи́ня (čínja, “to do”)

### References

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

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprit͡ʃina]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

причина • (pričina) f (relational adjective причински)
* cause, reason

#### Declension
## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak príčina, from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [priˈt͡ʃina]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Hyphenation: при‧чи‧на

### Noun

причина (pričina) f
* reason, cause, motive
    пре тоту причину ― pre totu pričinu ― for this reason
    вон сам причина свойого нєщесцаvon sam pričina svojoho nješčescahe only has himself to blame for his misfortunes(literally, “he himself is the cause of his misfortune”)
* argument, ground
    Synonym: арґумент (argument)

#### Related terms

* причинови (pričinovi)
* причинносц f (pričinnosc)
* спричиньователь m pers (spričinʹovatelʹ)
* спричинїц pf (spričinjic)
* спричиньовац impf (spričinʹovac)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “причина”, 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) “reason”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 240

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [prʲɪˈt͡ɕinə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

причи́на • (pričína) f inan (genitive причи́ны, nominative plural причи́ны, genitive plural причи́н)
* cause (source or reason of an event or action)
* reason
    по како́й-то причи́не ― po kakój-to pričíne ― for some reason

#### Derived terms

* по причи́не (po pričíne)

#### Related terms

* причи́нность f (pričínnostʹ)
* причи́нный (pričínnyj)
* причиня́ть impf (pričinjátʹ), причини́ть pf (pričinítʹ)

#### Descendants

* → Kildin Sami: приченҍ (pričjen’)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pričina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [preˈt͡ʃɪnɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

причи́на • (pryčýna) f inan (genitive причи́ни, nominative plural причи́ни, genitive plural причи́н, relational adjective причи́нний)
* reason
    з яко́їсь причи́ни ― z jakójisʹ pryčýny ― for some reason
* cause

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “причина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “причина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)