косвенный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic косвенъ (kosvenŭ), from the equivalent of Russian косо́й (kosój) + -енный (-ennyj), ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *kosvenъ (indirect).

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Adjective

ко́свенный (kósvennyj)

  1. oblique (not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral)
  2. indirect
    ко́свенные ули́киkósvennyje ulíkicircumstantial evidence

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “косвенный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress