треба

See also: трэба and трѣба

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtrɛba]

Verb

треба • (treba) third-singular present, impf (perfective затреба or притреба)

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) to be necessary, be advisable (corresponds to "should")
  2. (intransitive) to need
    Ми треба нов стан.
    I need a new apartment.

Usage notes

  • This verb, when meaning "should" is impersonal and doesn't conjugate according to the person or number of the subject - these are reflected in the "да-конструкција" that follows.

Conjugation

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѣба (trěba), from Proto-Slavic *terba. Displaced the Old East Slavic inherited form тереба (tereba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtrʲebə]

Noun

тре́ба • (tréba) f inan (genitive тре́бы, nominative plural тре́бы, genitive plural треб)

  1. rite, ceremony (an irregular church ceremony performed at the request of a parishioner)
    Synonym: обря́д (obrjád)

Declension

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trěːba/
  • Hyphenation: тре‧ба

Noun

тре́ба f (Latin spelling tréba)

  1. (slang) girl, chick
Declension
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:treba.

Alternative forms

Noun

тре́ба f (Latin spelling tréba)

  1. need
    тр(иј)еба је, тр(иј)ебе је — it is necessary

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtrɛbɐ]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѣба (trěba, “rite, ceremony, necessity”), from Proto-Slavic *terba. Displaced the Old East Slavic inherited form тереба (tereba).

Noun

тре́ба • (tréba) f inan (genitive тре́би, nominative plural тре́би, genitive plural треб)

  1. rite, ceremony (religious)

Declension

Etymology 2

Same as etymology 1 or likely borrowed later from Polish trzeba.

Predicative

тре́ба • (tréba)

  1. used to express necessity: (one) must, (one) has to, (it is) necessary (impersonal, + dative)
    Synonyms: потрі́бно (potríbno), слід (slid)
    Мені́ тре́ба було́ це прийня́ти. ― Mení tréba buló ce pryjnjáty. ― I had to accept this.

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