праздный

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic праздьнъ (prazdĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porzdьnъ. Doublet of поро́жний (poróžnij), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpraznɨj]
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Adjective

пра́здный • (prázdnyj) (comparative (по)пра́зднее or (по)пра́здней)

  1. (dated) empty
  2. idle
    пра́здная жизнь ― prázdnaja žiznʹ ― life of idleness
    пра́здный разгово́р; пра́здные слова́ ― prázdnyj razgovór; prázdnyje slová ― idle/empty talk
    пра́здное любопы́тство ― prázdnoje ljubopýtstvo ― idle curiosity
  3. useless, unnecessary
    пра́здные попы́тки ― prázdnyje popýtki ― vain/futile/idle attempts

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “праздный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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