бесформенный

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1866. бес- (bes-) + фо́рма (fórma) + -енный (-ennyj), a calque of French amorphe or Latin amorphus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪˈsformʲɪn(ː)ɨj]
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Adjective

бесфо́рменный • (besfórmennyj)

  1. formless, shapeless
    • 1904, Леонид Андреев, “Отрывок четвёртый”, in Красный смех; English translation from Alexandra Linden, transl., The Red Laugh, London: T. Fisher, 1905:
      Молча, теряя сознание от ужаса, стояли мы вокруг потухшего самовара, а с неба на нас пристально и молча глядела огромная бесформенная тень, поднявшаяся над миром.
      Molča, terjaja soznanije ot užasa, stojali my vokrug potuxševo samovara, a s neba na nas pristalʹno i molča gljadela ogromnaja besformennaja tenʹ, podnjavšajasja nad mirom.
      We stood around the dying-out samovar in silence, losing consciousness from horror, while an enormous, shapeless shadow that had risen above the world, looked down upon us from the sky with a steady and silent gaze.

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