безосновательный

Russian

Etymology

From без- (bez-) + основа́ние (osnovánije) + -тельный (-telʹnyj), a calque of German grundlos. First attested in 1842.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪzəsnɐˈvatʲɪlʲnɨj]

Adjective

безоснова́тельный • (bezosnovátelʹnyj)

  1. baseless, groundless (not grounded in facts, not based on anything true)

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “безосновательный”, 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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