безнравственный

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Russian

Etymology

From без- (bez-) +‎ нра́вственный (nrávstvennyj), a calque of French immoral. First attested in 1809.

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Adjective

безнра́вственный (beznrávstvennyj)

  1. immoral
    • 1889, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], chapter I, in Пари; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Bet, 1918:
      Го́сти, среди́ кото́рых бы́ло нема́ло учёных и журнали́стов, в большинстве́ относи́лись к сме́ртной ка́зни отрица́тельно. Они́ находи́ли э́тот спо́соб наказа́ния устаре́вшим, неприго́дным для христиа́нских госуда́рств и безнра́вственным.
      Gósti, sredí kotóryx býlo nemálo učónyx i žurnalístov, v bolʹšinstvé otnosílisʹ k smértnoj kázni otricátelʹno. Oní naxodíli étot spósob nakazánija ustarévšim, neprigódnym dlja xristiánskix gosudárstv i beznrávstvennym.
      The majority of the guests, among whom were many journalists and intellectual men, disapproved of the death penalty. They considered that form of punishment out of date, immoral, and unsuitable for Christian States.

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “безнравственный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 51