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Russian word of the day: Ябеда

Sep 13, 2017 (see all)
я́беда
[ yá-bee-da ]
Noun , masculine or feminine
snitch, sneak, informer

Examples

  • Не будь я́бедой!

    nye but' yá-bee-dai

    Do not be a snitch!

  • А ты, ма́ленькая я́беда, всё ма́ме рассказа́ла!

    a ty, má-leen'-ka-ya yá-bee-da, fsyo má-mye ras-ka-zá-la

    And you, little snitch, told mom everything!

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Declension of the word ябеда

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Nom. я́беда я́беды
Genitive Gen. я́беды я́бед
Dative Dat. я́беде я́бедам
Accusative Acc. я́беду я́бед
Instrumental Inst. я́бедой я́бедами
Prepositional Prep. я́беде я́бедах

Same stem words

я́бедничать [ya-beed-nee-cheet'] Verb , imperfective
to report another's wrongdoing

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