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Russian
Etymology
From зло (zlo) + -о- (-o-) + ве́щий (véščij, “prophetic, oracular”).[1] Compare Bulgarian злове́щ (zlovéšt), Polish złowieszczy, Belarusian злаве́сны (zlavjésny), Ukrainian злові́сний (zlovísnyj), Czech zlověstný, Slovak zlovestný.
Pronunciation
Adjective
злове́щий • (zlovéščij)
- ominous, ill-boding, sinister
1866, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть I, Глава V”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:Вопро́с, почему́ он пошёл тепе́рь к Разуми́хину, трево́жил его́ бо́льше, чем да́же ему́ самому́ каза́лось; с беспоко́йством оты́скивал он како́й-то злове́щий для себя́ смысл в э́том, каза́лось бы, са́мом обыкнове́нном посту́пке.- Voprós, počemú on pošól tepérʹ k Razumíxinu, trevóžil jevó bólʹše, čem dáže jemú samomú kazálosʹ; s bespokójstvom otýskival on kakój-to zlovéščij dlja sebjá smysl v étom, kazálosʹ by, sámom obyknovénnom postúpke.
- The question why he was now going to Razumihin agitated him even more than he was himself aware; he kept uneasily seeking for some sinister significance in this apparently ordinary action.
Declension
Declension of злове́щий (short class a)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1975), “зловещий”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 2, number 6 (З), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 94