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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *něžьnъ. By surface analysis, не́га (néga, “luxury, comfort, prosperity”) + -ный (-nyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
не́жный • (néžnyj) (comparative (по)нежне́е or (по)нежне́й)
- gentle, tender
- Synonyms: ла́сковый (láskovyj), лю́бящий (ljúbjaščij)
- Antonym: гру́бый (grúbyj)
- Hypernyms: чу́вство (čúvstvo), любо́вь (ljubóvʹ)
1847, Ivan Turgenev, It Tears Where It is Thin:
- fond
- Synonyms: ла́сковый (láskovyj), лю́бящий (ljúbjaščij)
- Antonym: гру́бый (grúbyj)
- Hypernyms: чу́вство (čúvstvo), любо́вь (ljubóvʹ)
- delicate, soft, fine
- Synonyms: то́нкий (tónkij), лёгкий (ljóxkij), изя́щный (izjáščnyj), прия́тный (prijátnyj), мя́гкий (mjáxkij)
- Hypernyms: толщина́ (tolščiná), вес (ves), твёрдость (tvjórdostʹ)
1966, Vladimir Tendryakov, Onega:Мы хлеба́ли горя́чую уху́, пря́мо рука́ми е́ли разва́ренное не́жное нали́мье мя́со.- My xlebáli gorjáčuju uxú, prjámo rukámi jéli razvárennoje néžnoje nalímʹje mjáso.
- We gulped down hot ukha and ate delicate, boiled burbot meat with our bare hands.
1877, Vsevolod Garshin, Four Days:
1898, Aleksandr Kuprin, Olesya:
- gentle, delicate, tender (sensitive or painful)
- Synonyms: хру́пкий (xrúpkij), мя́гкий (mjáxkij), уязви́мый (ujazvímyj), сла́бый (slábyj), хи́лый (xílyj), изне́женный (iznéžennyj)
- Antonyms: выно́сливый (vynóslivyj), жёсткий (žóstkij)
- Hypernyms: жёсткость (žóstkostʹ), сла́бость (slábostʹ)
1830, Alexander Pushkin, The Belkin Tales:
Declension
Declension of не́жный (short class cʹ*)
Derived terms