попятный

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Russian

Etymology

попя́тить (popjátitʹ) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

попя́тный (popjátnyj)

  1. (archaic) backwards, reverse
    попя́тный шагpopjátnyj šaga step backwards (Pushkin)

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