причина

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See also: причиня

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pričina, formally an action noun of an unattested *причия, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyH- (to arrange, to adjust) + -на (-na).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [priˈt͡ʃinɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

причи́на (pričínaf

  1. cause, reason

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • причина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • причина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

Pronunciation

Noun

причина (pričinaf (relational adjective причински)

  1. cause, reason

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

Pronunciation

Noun

причи́на (pričínaf inan (genitive причи́ны, nominative plural причи́ны, genitive plural причи́н)

  1. cause (source or reason of an event or action)
  2. reason
    по како́й-то причи́неpo kakój-to pričínefor some reason

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kildin Sami: приченҍ (prič’en’)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pričina.

Pronunciation

Noun

причи́на (pryčýnaf inan (genitive причи́ни, nominative plural причи́ни, genitive plural причи́н, relational adjective причи́нний)

  1. reason
    з яко́їсь причи́ниz jakójisʹ pryčýnyfor some reason
  2. cause

Declension

References