болезнетворный

Russian

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Etymology

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From боле́знь (boléznʹ) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ твори́ть (tvorítʹ) +‎ -ный (-nyj), a calque of New Latin pathogenes. First attested in 1786.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bəlʲɪzʲnʲɪtˈvornɨj]

Adjective

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болезнетво́рный (boleznetvórnyj)

  1. malignant; causing disease

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References

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  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “болезнетворный”, 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 59