вероломный

Russian

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed from Polish wiarołomny, itself possibly a calque of German treubrüchig. First attested in 1717.[1] By surface analysis, ве́ра (véra) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ ломи́ть (lomítʹ) +‎ -ный (-nyj). Compare Ukrainian віроло́мний (virolómnyj), Belarusian верало́мны (vjeralómny), Bulgarian and Macedonian вероломен (verolomen).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrɐˈɫomnɨj]

Adjective

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вероло́мный (verolómnyj) (adverb вероло́мно, abstract noun вероло́мность)

  1. perfidious, treacherous
  2. (rare, figurative, colloquial, derogatory) straight; overly straight actions or words

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References

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  1. ^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1968), “вероломный”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 3 (В), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 61