верноподданный

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Russian

Etymology

From ве́рный по́дданный (vérnyj póddannyj), a calque of German treuer Untertan.

Pronunciation

Adjective

вернопо́дданный (vernopóddannyj)

  1. loyal

Declension

Noun

вернопо́дданный (vernopóddannyjm anim (genitive вернопо́дданного, nominative plural вернопо́дданные, genitive plural вернопо́дданных, feminine вернопо́дданная)

  1. loyalist, loyal subject

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “верноподданный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 64