ябеда

Inherited from Old East Slavic ѩбедьникъ (jębedĭnikŭ), ѧбетьникъ (jębetĭnikŭ), borrowed from Old Norse embætti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją, derived from *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”).

Compare Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, office”) and Old High German ambahti (“position, office”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjæbʲɪdə]

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я́беда • (jábeda) m anim or f anim or f inan (genitive я́беды, nominative plural я́беды, genitive plural я́бед)

1. (masculine or feminine, animate) tattletale
2. (feminine, inanimate, obsolete) slander, snitching

• я́бедничать (jábedničatʹ)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈjabedɐ]

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я́беда • (jábeda) f inan (genitive я́беди, nominative plural я́беди, genitive plural я́бед)

1. sneak

• “ябеда”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)