зловещий

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Russian

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Etymology

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From зло (zlo) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ ве́щий (véščij, prophetic, oracular).[1] Compare Bulgarian злове́щ (zlovéšt), Polish złowieszczy, Belarusian злаве́сны (zlavjésny), Ukrainian злові́сний (zlovísnyj), Czech zlověstný, Slovak zlovestný.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [zɫɐˈvʲeɕːɪj]
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Adjective

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злове́щий (zlovéščij)

  1. ominous, ill-boding, sinister

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1975), “зловещий”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 6 (З), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 94