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Russian
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лиходѣй (lixoděj), from лихо (lixo, “bad”) + дѣꙗти (dějati, “to do”), from Proto-Slavic *lixodějь. Can be analysed as made of ли́хо (líxo, “evil”) + -о- (-o-) + -дей (-dej, “doer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
лиходе́й • (lixodéj) m anim (genitive лиходе́я, nominative plural лиходе́и, genitive plural лиходе́ев, feminine лиходе́йка)
- (archaic, poetic) evildoer, villain
- Synonym: злоде́й (zlodéj)
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