безработица

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Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1869. без- (bez-) +‎ рабо́та (rabóta) +‎ -ица (-ica), calque of German Arbeitslosigkeit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Noun

безрабо́тица (bezrabóticaf inan (genitive безрабо́тицы, uncountable)

  1. unemployment

Declension

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “безработица”, 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 52