простодушный

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Russian

Etymology

просто́й (prostój) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ душа́ (dušá) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

простоду́шный (prostodúšnyj) (abstract noun простоду́шие or простоду́шность)

  1. openhearted, simple-hearted, simple-minded, artless, unsophisticated
    • 1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 1, Часть первая, III”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:
      Действи́тельно, Пье́ру удало́сь завяза́ть с абба́том разгово́р о полити́ческом равнове́сии, и абба́т, ви́димо заинтересо́ванный простоду́шною горя́чностью молодо́го челове́ка, развива́л пе́ред ним свою́ люби́мую иде́ю.
      Dejstvítelʹno, Pʹjéru udalósʹ zavjazátʹ s abbátom razgovór o politíčeskom ravnovésii, i abbát, vídimo zainteresóvannyj prostodúšnoju gorjáčnostʹju molodóvo čelovéka, razvivál péred nim svojú ljubímuju idéju.
      Pierre had managed to start a conversation with the abbé about the balance of power, and the latter, evidently interested by the young man’s simple-minded eagerness, was explaining his pet theory.

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