любой

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ. By surface analysis, любить (ljubitʹ, to like) +‎ -ой (-oj). For semantic shift to "whichever" compare Spanish cualquiera.

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Determiner

любо́й (ljubój)

  1. any, either, whichever one wants
    • 1969 , Владимир Ленин , “Удержат ли большевики государственную власть?”, in В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений, volume 34, page 315; English translation based on “Can the Bolsheviks Retain State Power?”, in V. I. Lenin – Collected Works, volume 26, translation of original in Russian, 1977, page 113:
      Мы не утописты. Мы знаем, что любой чернорабочий и любая кухарка не способны сейчас же вступить в управление государством. Мы требуем, чтобы обучение делу государственного управления велось сознательными рабочими и солдатами и чтобы начато было оно немедленно, т. е. к обучению этому немедленно начали привлекать всех трудящихся, всю бедноту.
      My ne utopisty. My znajem, što ljuboj černorabočij i ljubaja kuxarka ne sposobny sejčas že vstupitʹ v upravlenije gosudarstvom. My trebujem, štoby obučenije delu gosudarstvennovo upravlenija velosʹ soznatelʹnymi rabočimi i soldatami i štoby načato bylo ono nemedlenno, t. je. k obučeniju etomu nemedlenno načali privlekatʹ vsex trudjaščixsja, vsju bednotu.
      We are not Utopians. We know that any dear old unskilled labourer or any dear old cook cannot immediately get on with the job of state administration. We demand that training in the work of state administration be conducted by class-conscious workers and soldiers and that this training be begun at once, i.e., that a beginning be made at once in training all the working people, all the poor, for this work.

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