худорба

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xudъ +‎ -ор (-or) +‎ -ба (-ba). Compare *xudъ with *xylъ as probable connection.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [xʊdɔrˈba]

Noun

худорба́ • (xudorbá) f inan (genitive худорби́, uncountable)

angularity, emaciation, exility, leanness, scragginess, tenuity, thinness
(figuratively, dated) paupers
Synonym: худоба́ f (xudobá)

Declension

Declension of *худорба́*
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
	singular
nominative	худорба́ xudorbá
genitive	худорби́ xudorbý
dative	худорбі́ xudorbí
accusative	худорбу́ xudorbú
instrumental	худорбо́ю xudorbóju
locative	худорбі́ xudorbí
vocative	худо́рбо xudórbo

References

^ Trofimov, A. (no year), К этимологии праславянского *xudъ. Опыт сравнительно-исторического исследования [K etimologii praslavjanskovo *xud. Opyt sravnitelʹno-istoričeskovo issledovanija, On etymology of Proto-Slavic *xudъ]‎^[1] (in Russian)

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

Further reading

A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “худорба”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “худорба”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
“худорба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
“худорба”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
“худорба”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)