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Russian
Etymology
Derived from лихо́й (lixój).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ли́шний • (líšnij)
- extra, spare (reserve, backup, free, unused)
- Synonyms: (partial) дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj), (partial) свобо́дный (svobódnyj)
- ли́шний ключ ― líšnij ključ ― spare key
- ли́шнее ме́сто ― líšneje mésto ― spare place
- excess, unnecessary, superfluous, redundant, too much, surplus (more than what is necessary and/or desirable)
- Synonyms: избы́точный (izbýtočnyj), (partial) изли́шний (izlíšnij), (partial) нену́жный (nenúžnyj)
- ли́шний жир ― líšnij žir ― excess fat
- ли́шний вес ― líšnij ves ― excess weight
- ли́шнее внима́ние ― líšneje vnimánije ― unwanted attention
1850, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “23 марта”, in Дневник лишнего человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Diary of a Superfluous Man, 1899:Ли́шний, ли́шний… Отли́чное э́то приду́мал я сло́во. Чем глу́бже я вника́ю в самого́ себя́, чем внима́тельнее рассма́триваю всю свою́ проше́дшую жизнь, тем бо́лее убежда́юсь в стро́гой и́стине э́того выраже́нья. Ли́шний — и́менно.- Líšnij, líšnij… Otlíčnoje éto pridúmal ja slóvo. Čem glúbže ja vnikáju v samovó sebjá, čem vnimátelʹneje rassmátrivaju vsju svojú prošédšuju žiznʹ, tem bóleje ubeždájusʹ v strógoj ístine étovo vyražénʹja. Líšnij — ímenno.
- Superfluous, superfluous.... That's a capital word I have hit on. The more deeply I probe into myself, the more intently I review all my past life, the more I am convinced of the strict truth of this expression. Superfluous--that's just it.
- yet another, yet (an) additional (in addition to what was thought to be all)
- Synonym: (partial) очередно́й (očerednój)
- ли́шний раз ― líšnij raz ― once again
Declension
Declension of ли́шний (short class a*)