возмездие

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic възмьздиѥ (vŭzmĭzdije). By surface analysis, воз- (voz-) +‎ мзда (mzda) +‎ -ие (-ije).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vɐzˈmʲezʲdʲɪje]
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Noun

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возме́здие (vozmézdijen inan (genitive возме́здия, nominative plural возме́здия, genitive plural возме́здий)

  1. retribution, requital, punishment, payback, revenge (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)

Declension

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Further reading

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