Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic щоуждь (štuždĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ťuďь. Doublet of чужо́й (čužój).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕuʐdɨj]
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Adjective edit

чу́ждый (čúždyj) (comparative бо́лее чу́ждый)

  1. foreign, strange, alien (+ dative or для (dlja) + genitive, to someone/something)
  2. (figurative) a stranger to, not possessing, deprived of, without (+ genitive)
    чу́ждый самолю́бияčúždyj samoljúbijawithout self-esteem

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References edit

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