суеверный

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Russian

Etymology

суеве́рие (sujevérije) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

суеве́рный (sujevérnyj)

  1. superstitious (susceptible to superstitions)
    • 1881, Николай Лесков, “Глава третья”, in Дух госпожи Жанлис; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spirit of Madame de Genlis, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Я от приро́ды немно́жко суеве́рен и всегда́ с удово́льствием слу́шаю расска́зы, в кото́рых есть хотя́ како́е-нибудь ме́сто таи́нственному.
      Ja ot priródy nemnóžko sujevéren i vsegdá s udovólʹstvijem slúšaju rasskázy, v kotóryx jestʹ xotjá kakóje-nibudʹ mésto taínstvennomu.
      I am slightly superstitious by nature and always listen with pleasure to stories in which there is at least some place for the mysterious.

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