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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
нечи́стая си́ла • (nečístaja síla) f inan (genitive нечи́стой си́лы, nominative plural нечи́стые си́лы, genitive plural нечи́стых си́л)
- (Slavic mythology, collective) evil spirit(s); evil forces
- Synonym: не́чисть (néčistʹ)
1885, Николай Лесков , “Глава пятая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:Ско́ро все по́няли, что Селива́н зна́лся с нечи́стою си́лою… Э́та нечи́стая си́ла и устра́ивала ему́ дово́льно вы́годные и для обыкнове́нных люде́й да́же невозмо́жные дели́шки.- Skóro vse pónjali, što Seliván ználsja s nečístoju síloju… Éta nečístaja síla i ustráivala jemú dovólʹno výgodnyje i dlja obyknovénnyx ljudéj dáže nevozmóžnyje delíški.
- Soon they all realized that Selivan kept company with the unclean powers … These unclean powers set up all sorts of profitable deals for him, which for ordinary people were even impossible.
Declension