# нужда
## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnuʒdɐ]

#### Noun

ну́жда • (núžda) f
* need

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [noʒˈda]

#### Verb

нужда́ • (nuždá)
* second-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)
* third-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnuʒda]

### Noun

нужда • (nužda) f (relational adjective нужен)
* necessity
* (euphemistic) need to go the bathroom

#### Declension
## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form нужа (nuža).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nʊʐˈda]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

нужда́ • (nuždá) f inan (genitive нужды́, nominative plural ну́жды, genitive plural нужд)
* need, want, request
* need, indigence

#### Synonyms

* потре́бность (potrébnostʹ), необходи́мость (neobxodímostʹ)
* бе́дность (bédnostʹ), нищета́ (niščetá)

#### Related terms

* нужда́ться (nuždátʹsja)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), likely via Russian нужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nûʒda/
* Hyphenation: нуж‧да

### Noun

ну̏жда f (Latin spelling nȕžda)
* need
* necessity

#### Declension
### References

* “нужда”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form ну́жа (núža). Doublet of ну́жа (núža, “lice; flies”) (obsolete).

### Pronunciation

* нужда́: IPA: [nʊʒˈda]
* ну́жда: IPA: [ˈnuʒdɐ] (rare)
* Audio; “нужда́” (“nuždá”):(file)

### Noun

нужда́ or ну́жда$^1$ • (nuždá or núžda$^1$) f inan (genitive нужди́ or ну́жди$^1$, uncountable) ($^1$Rare.)
* need, neediness, indigence, privation, want (lack of means of subsistence)
    Synonyms: неста́тки m pl (nestátky), скру́та f (skrúta), бі́дність f (bídnistʹ), біднота́ f (bidnotá), зли́дні m pl (zlýdni), убо́гість f (ubóhistʹ)
* (rare) need (requirement for something)
    Synonyms: потре́ба f (potréba), необхі́дність f (neobxídnistʹ)
* (dialectal) Synonym of біда́ f (bidá, “misfortune, trouble”)

#### Declension

$^1$Rare.

#### Derived terms

* нужда́р m (nuždár)
* (dialectal) нуждува́ти impf (nužduváty)

#### Related terms

* нужде́нний (nuždénnyj)

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “нужда”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 117
   * Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “нужда”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
   * “нужда”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1974), “нужда”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Н – О), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 453
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “нужда”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “нужда”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “нужда”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “нужда”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)