ради
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Old Church Slavonic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly an Iranian borrowing; compare Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎮𐎡𐎹 (r-a-di-i-y /rādiy/, “on the account of”).
Preposition[edit]
ради • (radi)
- for the sake of
- from Vita Methodii, 0700300-0700310:
- а тꙑ любиши гороу вельми, то не мози горꙑ ради оставити оучениꙗ своѥго, паче бо можеши кꙑмь съпасенъ бꙑти.
- a ty ljubiši goru velĭmi, to ne mozi gory radi ostaviti učenija svojego, pače bo možeši kymĭ sŭpasenŭ byti.
- Though you have great love for the mountain, still leave not your teaching for the mountain’s sake, for you can sooner be saved through it.
- from Vita Methodii, 0700300-0700310:
- because of
Descendants[edit]
Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Ambiposition[edit]
ра́ди • (rádi) (+ genitive case)
Usage notes[edit]
The word can be used as both preposition, as in:
- ра́ди меня́ ― rádi menjá ― for my sake
and postposition, as in:
- Бо́га ра́ди ― Bóga rádi ― for God's sake
The latter usage tends to be more phrasal.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
ра̏ди (Latin spelling rȁdi) (+ genitive case)
- for, because of, for the sake of
- ради мене ― for my sake
- ради д(ј)еце ― for the sake of the children
- ради тог(а) ― because of that
Ukrainian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ра́ди • (rády)
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