юродивый

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic юродивъ (jurodivŭ). Associated with Proto-Slavic *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
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