бездействие

Bulgarian

Etymology

From без- (bez-) +‎ де́йствие (déjstvie).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɛzˈdɛjstviɛ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛjstviɛ

Noun

безде́йствие • (bezdéjstvien

  1. inaction, idleness

Declension

Declension of безде́йствие
singular
indefinite безде́йствие
bezdéjstvie
definite безде́йствието
bezdéjstvieto

References

  • бездействие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • бездействие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

From без- (bez-) +‎ де́йствие (déjstvije), a calque of French inaction. First attested in 1788.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪzʲˈdʲejstvʲɪje]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

безде́йствие • (bezdéjstvijen inan (genitive безде́йствия, nominative plural безде́йствия, genitive plural безде́йствий)

  1. inaction

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000), “бездействие”, 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 50