мёртвый

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrtvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós, ultimately from the root *mer- (to die).

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Adjective

мёртвый (mjórtvyj) (comparative (по)мертве́е or (по)мертве́й)

  1. dead
    мёртвая то́чкаmjórtvaja tóčkadead center
    мёртвый часmjórtvyj časafter-dinner rest
    • 1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава XVI. Казнь”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:
      Останови́вшись у пе́рвого столба́, челове́к в капюшо́не внима́тельно огляде́л окрова́вленного Иешуа, тро́нул бе́лой руко́й ступню́ и сказа́л спу́тникам:
      Мёртв.
      Ostanovívšisʹ u pérvovo stolbá, čelovék v kapjušóne vnimátelʹno ogljadél okrovávlennovo Iješua, trónul béloj rukój stupnjú i skazál spútnikam:
      Mjortv.
      Stopping at the first post, the man in the hood examined the blood-covered Yeshua attentively, touched his foot with his white hand, and said to his companions:
      Dead.’
  2. lifeless

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мёртвый (mjórtvyjm anim (genitive мёртвого, nominative plural мёртвые, genitive plural мёртвых, feminine мёртвая)

  1. dead man

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