ленивый

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лѣнивꙑи (lěnivyi), from Proto-Slavic *lěnivъ (lazy, sluggish), from *lěniti + *-ivъ, from *lěniti, from *lěnь / *lěnjь (laziness) or *lěnъ (lazy, slow). By surface analysis, лень (lenʹ) +‎ -и́вый (-ívyj).

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Adjective

лени́вый (lenívyj) (comparative (по)лени́вее or (по)лени́вей, superlative са́мый лени́вый or лениве́йший)

  1. lazy (unwilling to work)
    • 1877, Иван Тургенев, “Часть первая. VII”, in Новь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Virgin Soil, 1920:
      И надо всей этой молодою, уединённой, тихой жизнью, округляя свои груди, как большие, ленивые птицы, тихо плыли светлые облака.
      I nado vsej etoj molodoju, ujedinjónnoj, tixoj žiznʹju, okrugljaja svoi grudi, kak bolʹšije, lenivyje pticy, tixo plyli svetlyje oblaka.
      And over all this fresh, secluded, peaceful life the white clouds floated softly, with swelling bosoms like great, lazy birds.

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