надёжа

rare #53487

nounfeminineinanimateuncountable

1.
(rare) hope
Оста́лась у нас одна́ надёжа.
We were left with only one hope.
Folk-poetic and dialectal variant of надежда.
2.
(rare) mainstay, support, stronghold
Ты моя́ надёжа и опора.
You are my mainstay and support.
Folk-poetic; usually of a person, often in надёжа и опора.

Examples

Ты моя единственная надёжа в этой жизни.
You are my only hope in this life.
Он был надёжей всей своей семьи.
He was the mainstay of his entire family.
Народ считал его своей последней надёжей.
The people regarded him as their last hope.

This noun exists in singular form only.