юродивый

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic юродивъ (jurodivŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ǫrodivъ. Associated with *ǫrodъ. Iotation indicates that the source was the Old Novgorod or Old Pskov dialects, compare Old Pskovian ѭза.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jʊˈrodʲɪvɨj]

Adjective

юро́дивый • (juródivyj)

  1. eccentric, mad, whacky, nutty, mental; crazy, deranged, lunatic
    Synonyms: поме́шанный (poméšannyj), чудакова́тый (čudakovátyj)

Declension

Derived terms

  • юродивость (jurodivostʹ)
  • юродствовать (jurodstvovatʹ)

Noun

юро́дивый • (juródivyj) m anim (genitive юро́дивого, nominative plural юро́дивые, genitive plural юро́дивых, feminine юро́дивая)

  1. holy fool, fool for Christ, yurodivy

Declension

References

  1. Andrey Zaliznyak. Drevnenovgorodskij dialekt. Jazyki slavjanskoj kul'tury: Moskva. 2004. page 54
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “юродивый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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