общий

See also: общій

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обьщь (obĭštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obьťь. Doublet of о́бчий (óbčij), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈopɕːɪj]
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Adjective

о́бщий • (óbščij) (comparative (по)обще́е or (по)обще́й)

  1. common
    У нас о́бщий язы́к.U nas óbščij jazýk.We share a common language.
    У нас о́бщий интере́с.U nas óbščij interés.We have a common interest.
  2. public
  3. total, whole
  4. general
    в о́бщих черта́хv óbščix čertáxroughly / in a general way
    в о́бщемv óbščemall in all, by and large, generically, in general, on the whole
  5. (grammar) common
    о́бщий родóbščij rodcommon gender, genus commune
  6. (regional, Kazakhstan, slang) ellipsis of общий салам (obščij salam): a friendly collective greeting (mainly in Islamic regions); greetings to all

Declension

in most meanings:

in the meaning "general":

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Yakut: уопсай (uopsay)

References

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