праздный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic праздьнъ (prazdĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porzdьnъ. Doublet of поро́жний (poróžnij), the inherited East Slavic form.

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Adjective

пра́здный (prázdnyj) (comparative (по)пра́зднее or (по)пра́здней)

  1. (dated) empty
  2. idle
    пра́здная жизньprázdnaja žiznʹlife of idleness
    пра́здный разгово́р; пра́здные слова́prázdnyj razgovór; prázdnyje slováidle/empty talk
    пра́здное ожидание;prázdnoje ožidanije;idle wait
    пра́здное любопы́тствоprázdnoje ljubopýtstvoidle curiosity
  3. useless, unnecessary
    пра́здные попы́ткиprázdnyje popýtkivain/futile/idle attempts

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “праздный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress