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biada

//ˈbja.da/ | /ˈbja.da//
Polishintjverbnoun

Grammatical form

biada is the third-person singular present form of biadać — “to bellyache, to bleat, to gripe, to kvetch, to nudzh, to snivel, to squeal, to yammer, to whimper, to whine”.

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Definitions

  1. 1.
    literarywoe, alas
  2. 2.
    literarywoe betide
    • Biada będzie tobie, jeśli tego nie zrobisz.

      Woe is you if you don't do this.

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish biada, from Proto-Slavic *běda. Doublet of bieda.

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