Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic соуѥсловьѥ (sujeslovĭje), possibly mediated via Russian суесло́вие (sujeslóvije), calque of Ancient Greek ματαιολογία (mataiología). Equivalent to суе- (sue-, futile) +‎ сло́во (slóvo, word, speech) +‎ -ие (-ie).

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суесло́вие (sueslóvien (relational adjective суесло́вен)

  1. (poetic, literary) idle claim/talk/promise (claim, talk, promise without content), verbiage
    Synonyms: тщесло́вие (tšteslóvie), празносло́вие (praznoslóvie)

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic соуѥсловьѥ (sujeslovĭje), possibly mediated via Russian суесло́вие (sujeslóvije), calque of Ancient Greek ματαιολογία (mataiología). Equivalent to суе- (sue-, futile) +‎ слово (slovo, word, speech) +‎ -ие (-ie).

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  • IPA(key): [suɛˈsɫɔvi(j)ɛ]

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суесловие (sueslovien (plural суесловија, relational adjective суесловен)

  1. (poetic, literary) idle claim/talk/promise (claim, talk, promise without content), verbiage
    Synonym: празносло́вие (praznoslóvie)

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic соуѥсловьѥ (sujeslovĭje), calque of Ancient Greek ματαιολογία (mataiología). Equivalent to суе- (suje-, futile) +‎ сло́во (slóvo, word, speech) +‎ -ие (-ije).

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  • IPA(key): [sʊ(j)ɪsˈɫovʲɪje]

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суесло́вие (sujeslóvijen inan (genitive суесло́вия, nominative plural суесло́вия, genitive plural суесло́вий, relational adjective суесло́вный)

  1. (poetic, literary) idle claim/talk/promise (claim, talk, promise without content), verbiage
    Synonyms: пустосло́вие (pustoslóvije), тщесло́вие (tščeslóvije)

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