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Ukrainian
Etymology
From без- (bez-) + мо́ва (móva) + -ний (-nyj). Compare Russian безмо́лвный (bezmólvnyj), Belarusian бязмо́ўны (bjazmóŭny).
Pronunciation
Adjective
безмо́вний • (bezmóvnyj) (adverb безмо́вно, abstract noun безмо́вність)
- speechless, unspeaking, silent (not speaking)
- Synonym: німи́й (nimýj)
1962, Ivan Ivanovitch Ohienko, Біблія або книги Святого Письма Старого і Нового Заповіту [Bible or books of Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments], Psalm 28, page 683:До Тебе я кличу, о Господи, скеле моя, не будь же безмовним до мене, бо коли Ти замовкнеш до мене, я стану подібний до тих, що сходять до гробу.- Do Tebe ja klyču, o Hospody, skele moja, ne budʹ že bezmovnym do mene, bo koly Ty zamovkneš do mene, ja stanu podibnyj do tyx, ščo sxodjatʹ do hrobu.
- Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- silent (disinclined or indisposed to speak)
- Synonyms: мовчазни́й (movčaznýj), мовчазли́вий (movčazlývyj)
- (figuratively) unmurmuring (without protest or complaint)
- (figuratively) silent (free from sound or noise)
1972, Oles Berdnyk, Лабіринт Мінотавра [The Labyrinth of the Minotaur], archived from the original on 2024-01-15:І налітали полчища варварів, руйнували прегарні споруди, а на тому місці лишалися сиротами безмовні руїни, і піски засипали ті залишки — знаки людського генія і безглуздя...- I nalitaly polčyšča varvariv, rujnuvaly preharni sporudy, a na tomu misci lyšalysja syrotamy bezmovni rujiny, i pisky zasypaly ti zalyšky — znaky ljudsʹkoho henija i bezhluzdja...
- And the hordes of barbarians came, destroyed the beautiful buildings, and silent ruins were left orphaned in that place, and the sands covered those remains - signs of human genius and folly...
Declension
Declension of безмо́вний (hard)
References
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970), “безмовний”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – В), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 135
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “безмовний”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “безмовний”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “безмовний”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “безмовний”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)