безличный

Russian edit

Etymology edit

From без- (bez-) +‎ ли́чный (líčnyj), a calque of Latin impersōnālis. First attested in 1746.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪz⁽ʲ⁾ˈlʲit͡ɕnɨj]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

безли́чный (bezlíčnyj)

  1. (grammar) impersonal (not representing a person)

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References edit

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “безличный”, 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 51