апатия
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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Noun
апа́тия • (apátija) f
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | апа́тия apátija |
| definite | апа́тията apátijata |
Russian
Alternative forms
- апа́тія (apátija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia, “freedom from suffering”), from ἀπαθής (apathḗs, “without feeling”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + πάθος (páthos, “pain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
апа́тия • (apátija) f inan (genitive апа́тии, nominative plural апа́тии, genitive plural апа́тий)
- apathy, indifference
- Synonyms: безразли́чие (bezrazlíčije), равноду́шие (ravnodúšije), ску́ка (skúka), отупение (otupenije), отрешённость (otrešónnostʹ), бесстрастность (besstrastnostʹ), лень (lenʹ)
- 1887, Антон Чехов , Ненастье; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Bad Weather, 1920:
- Э́то был оди́н из тех проти́вных да́чных дожде́й, кото́рые обыкнове́нно, раз нача́вшись, тя́нутся до́лго, по неде́лям, пока́ озя́бнувший да́чник, привы́кнув, не погружа́ется в соверше́нную апа́тию.
- Éto byl odín iz tex protívnyx dáčnyx doždéj, kotóryje obyknovénno, raz načávšisʹ, tjánutsja dólgo, po nedéljam, poká ozjábnuvšij dáčnik, privýknuv, ne pogružájetsja v soveršénnuju apátiju.
- It was one of those disgusting summer holiday rains which, when they have begun, last a long time—for weeks, till the frozen holiday maker grows used to it, and sinks into complete apathy.
Declension
Declension of апа́тия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- апатичность (apatičnostʹ), симпа́тия (simpátija), антипа́тия (antipátija)
- апатический (apatičeskij), апати́чный (apatíčnyj)
- апати́чно (apatíčno)