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Russian
Etymology
бес- (bes-) + пра́во (právo) + -ный (-nyj), calque of German rechtlos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
беспра́вный • (besprávnyj)
- deprived of civil rights
Derived terms
References
- Arapova, N. S. (2000) “бесправный”, 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 55