жажда

From Proto-Slavic *žęďa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒaʒdə/

жажда • (žážda) f (definite жаждата, vocative form жаждо)

1. thirst

   умирам от жажда - umíram ot žážda - to die for a drink

   изпитвам жажда - izpítvam žážda - to be thirsty, to fell/suffer thirst

2. lust, craving

   жажда за наука - žážda za naúka - lust for knowledge

• жад (žad)
• жаден (žaden)
• жадувам (žaduvam)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жѩжда (žjęžda), from Proto-Slavic *žęďa, from *žędati +‎ *-ja. Displaced native Old East Slavic жажа (žaža).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐaʐdə]

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жа́жда • (žážda) f inan (genitive жа́жды, nominative plural жа́жды, genitive plural жажд)

1. thirst
2. craving

   жа́жда зна́ний ― žážda znánij ― thirst for knowledge, hunger for knowledge

   жа́жда крови ― žážda krovi ― blood lust

• жа́ждать (žáždatʹ)

• жа́дный (žádnyj)

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жажда”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress