безупречный

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1835 [RNC]. без- (bez-) + упрёк (uprjók) + -ный (-nyj), calque of French irréprochable [Arapova].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪzʊˈprʲet͡ɕnɨj]
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Adjective

безупре́чный • (bezupréčnyj) (comparative (по)безупре́чнее or (по)безупре́чней, superlative безупре́чнейший)

  1. blameless, faultless
    Synonym: безукори́зненный (bezukoríznennyj)
  2. unstained, stainless, spotless
    Synonym: незапя́тнанный (nezapjátnannyj)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “безупречный”, 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 52
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