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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врѣдъ (vrědŭ), from Proto-Slavic *verdъ. Doublet of ве́ред (véred), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation
Noun
вред • (vred) m inan (genitive вреда́, nominative plural вреды́, genitive plural вредо́в)
- harm, damage
- Synonyms: уще́рб (uščérb); зло (zlo, “evil”)
- detriment
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вред”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress