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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic пошьлъ (pošĭlŭ, “ancient, primordial, former, usual”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
по́шлый • (póšlyj) (comparative (по)пошле́е or (по)пошле́й)
- (obsolete) vulgar, commonplace, trivial, banal, trite
- erotic, sexual, bawdy, pertaining to sexuality or sexual activity
- (rare, by extension) pertaining to defecation, urination or farting
Declension
Declension of по́шлый (short class c)
Synonyms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пошлый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “пошлый”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Krylov, G. A. (2004) “пошлый”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “пошлый”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 323
- Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “пошлина”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 191
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