всуе

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic въсоуѥ (vŭsuje), from Proto-Slavic *sujь (“futile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfsuɛ]

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Adverb

всу́е • (vsúe) (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, poetic) in vain

   Synonyms: напра́зно (naprázno), напу́сто (napústo)

2. (by extension) without reason

   Synonyms: безпричи́нно (bezpričínno), безоснова́телно (bezosnovátelno)

Alternative forms

• суе́ (sué)

Related terms

• суе- (sue-, “futile”)
• суета́ (suetá, “vanity”)
• суема (suema, “anxiety”) (obsolete, dated)

References

• “всуе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “всуе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• въсоуѥ in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “всуе”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 196
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “суе”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 555

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfsuje]
• IPA^(key): [ˈfsuɪ]

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Adverb

всу́е • (vsúje)

1. (archaic or literary) in vain