безмьздьнꙑи

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From без- (bez-, without) +‎ мьзда (mĭzda, reward) +‎ -нꙑи (-nyi), calque of Ancient Greek ἀδέκαστος (adékastos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈzmɪzdɪnɯjɪ//bʲɛˈzmʲɪzdʲɪnɯjɪ//bʲɛˈzmʲɛzdʲnɯj/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /bɛˈzmɪzdɪnɯjɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /bʲɛˈzmʲɪzdʲɪnɯjɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /bʲɛˈzmʲɛzdʲnɯj/

Adjective

безмьздьнꙑи (bezmĭzdĭnyi)

  1. disinterested, gratuitous; incorruptible

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: безме́здный (bezmézdnyj)

Further reading

  • безвозмездный”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, 1963–2014
  • Avanesov, R. I., editor (1988), “безмьздьнꙑи”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 128