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Russian
Etymology
First attested in 1869. без- (bez-) + рабо́та (rabóta) + -ица (-ica), calque of German Arbeitslosigkeit.
Pronunciation
Noun
безрабо́тица • (bezrabótica) f inan (genitive безрабо́тицы, uncountable)
- 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