жа́жда
fairly common #4089C2
nounfeminineinanimateuncountable
- 1.
thirst
В пусты́не нас му́чила жа́жда.
In the desert we were tormented by thirst.
- 2.
thirst (for), craving, lust (for), longing
Им дви́гала жа́жда вла́сти.
He was driven by a lust for power.
Figurative; usually with a genitive: жажда власти "lust for power".
Examples
Мы видели околевающего от жажды путника.
We saw a traveler dying of thirst.
У Тома была́ необыкнове́нная жа́жда зна́ний.
Tom had an unusual thirst for knowledge.
«Зачем руче́й без жгу́чей жа́жды?» — спра́шивает в своём стихотворе́нии Аркадий Кулешов.
‘What is the brook without burning thirst for?’, Arkadź Kulašoŭ asks in his verse.
Declension
This noun exists in singular form only.
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom.Nominative | жа́жда | |
| Gen.Genitive | жа́жды | |
| Dat.Dative | жа́жде | |
| Acc.Accusative | жа́жду | |
| Inst.Instrumental | жа́ждой жа́ждою | |
| Prep.Prepositional | жа́жде |
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