малодушие

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Bulgarian

Etymology

мал (mal, small) (obsolete) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ душа́ (dušá, soul) +‎ -ие (-ie)

Pronunciation

Noun

малоду́шие (malodúšien (relational adjective малоду́шен)

  1. cowardice

Declension

References

  • малодушие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • малодушие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

ма́лый (mályj) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дух (dux) +‎ -ие (-ije)

Pronunciation

Noun

малоду́шие (malodúšijen inan (genitive малоду́шия, nominative plural малоду́шия, genitive plural малоду́ший)

  1. (literary) pusillanimity; cowardice

Declension

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