Itch

"Itch" in Russian

жа́жда

žážda

(a desire)

зуд

zud

(a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch)

зуде́ние

zudénije

(a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch)

рве́ние

rvénije

(a desire)

свербе́ние

sverbénije

(a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch)

свербёж

sverbjóž

(a sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch)

горе́ть жела́нием

gorétʹ želánijem

(to want or desire)

жа́ждать

žáždatʹ

(to want or desire)

зуде́ть

zudétʹ

(to feel the need to scratch)

рва́ться

rvátʹsja

(to want or desire)

свербе́ть

sverbétʹ

(to feel the need to scratch)

чеса́ться

česátʹsja

(to feel the need to scratch)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.