нужа

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic нужа (nuža), inherited from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Doublet of нужда́ (nuždá), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnuʐə]

Noun

ну́жа • (núža) f inan (genitive ну́жи, nominative plural ну́жи, genitive plural нуж)

1. (archaic or dialectal) need, want

Declension

Declension of ну́жа (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ну́жа núža	ну́жи núži
genitive	ну́жи núži	ну́ж núž
dative	ну́же núže	ну́жам núžam
accusative	ну́жу núžu	ну́жи núži
instrumental	ну́жей, ну́жею núžej, núžeju	ну́жами núžami
prepositional	ну́же núže	ну́жах núžax

References

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