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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věčьnъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ве́чный • (véčnyj) (comparative (по)ве́чнее or (по)ве́чней)
- eternal, everlasting
1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 28”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:Како́е бы стра́стное, гре́шное, бунту́ющее се́рдце ни скры́лось в моги́ле, цветы́, расту́щие на ней, безмяте́жно глядя́т на нас свои́ми неви́нными глаза́ми: не об одно́м ве́чном споко́йствии говоря́т нам они́, о том вели́ком споко́йствии «равноду́шной» приро́ды; они́ говоря́т та́кже о ве́чном примире́нии и о жи́зни бесконе́чной…- Kakóje by strástnoje, gréšnoje, buntújuščeje sérdce ni skrýlosʹ v mogíle, cvetý, rastúščije na nej, bezmjatéžno gljadját na nas svoími nevínnymi glazámi: ne ob odnóm véčnom spokójstvii govorját nam oní, o tom velíkom spokójstvii «ravnodúšnoj» priródy; oní govorját tákže o véčnom primirénii i o žízni beskonéčnoj…
- However passionate, sinful or rebellious the heart hidden in the tomb, the flowers growing over it peep at us serenely with their innocent eyes; they tell us not only of eternal peace, of that great peace of "indifferent" nature; they tell us also of eternal reconciliation and of life without end.
- perpetual
Declension
Declension of ве́чный (short class a*)