болезнетворный

Russian

Etymology

From боле́знь (boléznʹ) + -е- (-e-) + твори́ть (tvorítʹ) + -ный (-nyj), a calque of New Latin pathogenes. First attested in 1786.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəlʲɪzʲnʲɪtˈvornɨj]

Adjective

болезнетво́рный • (boleznetvórnyj)

  1. malignant; causing disease

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “болезнетворный”, 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 59
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