Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Abstract noun of прили́ка (prilíka, similarity) +‎ -ие (-ie).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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прили́чие (prilíčien (relational adjective прили́чен)

  1. (obsolete, literally) adequacy, suitability
  2. (figuratively) decency, propriety
    Synonym: прили́чност (prilíčnost)

Declension

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Declension of прили́чие
singular plural
indefinite прили́чие
prilíčie
прили́чия
prilíčija
definite прили́чието
prilíčieto
прили́чията
prilíčijata
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References

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  • приличие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • приличие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prʲɪˈlʲit͡ɕɪje]

Noun

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прили́чие (prilíčijen inan (genitive прили́чия, nominative plural прили́чия, genitive plural прили́чий)

  1. decency, propriety, decorum, convenances
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 26”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      А́нна Серге́евна не хоте́ла стесня́ть молоды́х люде́й и то́лько для прили́чия не оставля́ла их сли́шком до́лго наедине́.
      Ánna Sergéjevna ne xotéla stesnjátʹ molodýx ljudéj i tólʹko dlja prilíčija ne ostavljála ix slíškom dólgo najediné.
      Anna Sergeyevna had no wish to hamper the freedom of the young people, but on account of decorum she did not leave them alone for too long.

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