юродивый

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Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic юродивъ (jurodivŭ).

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Pronunciation

Adjective

юро́дивый (juródivyj)

  1. eccentric, mad, whacky, nutty, mental; crazy, deranged, lunatic

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Noun

юро́дивый (juródivyjm anim (genitive юро́дивого, nominative plural юро́дивые, genitive plural юро́дивых, feminine юро́дивая)

  1. holy fool, fool for Christ, yurodivy

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “юродивый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress