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Noun
нигили́ст • (nigilíst) m anim (genitive нигили́ста, nominative plural нигили́сты, genitive plural нигили́стов, feminine нигили́стка)
- nihilist
1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 5”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:— Он нигилист.
— Как? — спросил Николай Петрович, а Павел Петрович поднял на воздух нож с куском масла на конце лезвия и остался неподвижен.
— Он нигилист, — повторил Аркадий.
— Нигилист, — проговорил Николай Петрович. — Это от латинского nihil, ничего, сколько я могу судить; стало быть, это слово означает человека, который… который ничего не признаёт?- — On nigilist.
— Kak? — sprosil Nikolaj Petrovič, a Pavel Petrovič podnjal na vozdux nož s kuskom masla na konce lezvija i ostalsja nepodvižen.
— On nigilist, — povtoril Arkadij.
— Nigilist, — progovoril Nikolaj Petrovič. — Eto ot latinskovo nihil, ničevo, skolʹko ja mogu suditʹ; stalo bytʹ, eto slovo označajet čeloveka, kotoryj… kotoryj ničevo ne priznajót? - "He is a nihilist!"
"What?" asked Nikolai Petrovich, while Pavel Petrovich lifted his knife in the air with a small piece of butter on the tip and remained motionless.
"He is a nihilist," repeated Arkady.
"A nihilist," said Nikolai Petrovich. "That comes from the Latin nihil, nothing, as far as I can judge; the word must mean a man who . . . who recognizes nothing?"
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