сухота́

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1.
dryness, drought
Всё ле́то стои́т сухота́.
There has been a drought all summer.
Colloquial and regional.
2.
dryness (in the mouth), dry feeling
Во рту от жа́жды сухота́.
My mouth feels dry from thirst.
3.
(rare) melancholy, sorrow, yearning
Напа́ла на де́вушку сухота́ по ми́лому.
The girl was seized with longing for her sweetheart.
Folk-poetic and dialectal; often of love-sickness.
4.
(rare) worry, trouble, care
С э́тим хозя́йством одна́ сухота́.
This household is nothing but trouble.
Colloquial and dialectal.

Examples

От сухоты во рту хочется пить.
The dryness in my mouth makes me want to drink.
Летняя сухота испортила урожай.
The summer drought ruined the harvest.
Сухота в горле не проходила целый день.
The dryness in my throat did not go away all day.

⚠️ Stress change.