бездеятельность

Russian

Etymology

без- (bez-) + де́ятельность (déjatelʹnostʹ), probably, a calque of French inaction.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪzʲˈdʲe(j)ɪtʲɪlʲnəsʲtʲ]

Noun

безде́ятельность • (bezdéjatelʹnostʹ) f inan (genitive безде́ятельности, nominative plural безде́ятельности, genitive plural безде́ятельностей)

  1. inactivity, inertia, passivity, lethargy

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “бездеятельность”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 51
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