беззаботный

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Russian

Etymology

без- (bez-) +‎ забо́та (zabóta) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

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Adjective

беззабо́тный (bezzabótnyj) (comparative (по)беззабо́тнее or (по)беззабо́тней, superlative беззабо́тнейший)

  1. light-hearted
  2. carefree, untroubled, insouciant
    • 1869, Иван Гончаров, “Часть I. Глава IX”, in Обрыв; English translation from Stephen Pearl, transl., Malinovka Heights, Alma Classics, 2020:
      Си́дя одна́, она́ иногда́ улыба́лась так грацио́зно и мечта́тельно, что походи́ла на беззабо́тную, бога́тую, избало́ванную ба́рыню.
      Sídja odná, oná inogdá ulybálasʹ tak graciózno i mečtátelʹno, što poxodíla na bezzabótnuju, bogátuju, izbalóvannuju bárynju.
      Sometimes, when she sat alone, such a graceful, faraway expression would steal over her face that she came to resemble a carefree, wealthy and pampered member of the nobility.
  1. careless

Declension