наивный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïve. Further from Latin nātīvus.

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Adjective

наи́вный (naívnyj) (comparative (по)наи́внее or (по)наи́вней, adverb наи́вно, abstract noun наи́вность)

  1. naive, ingenuous, unsophisticated

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