общий

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See also: общій

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обьщь (obĭštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obьťь. Doublet of о́бчий (óbčij), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

о́бщий (óbščij) (comparative (по)обще́е or (по)обще́й)

  1. common
    У нас о́бщий язы́к.U nas óbščij jazýk.We share a common language.
    У нас о́бщий интере́с.U nas óbščij interés.We have a common interest.
  2. public
  3. total, whole
  4. general
    в о́бщих черта́хv óbščix čertáxroughly / in a general way
    в о́бщемv óbščemall in all, by and large, generically, in general, on the whole
  5. (grammar) common
    о́бщий родóbščij rodcommon gender, genus commune

Declension

in most meanings:

in the meaning "general":

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Yakut: уопсай (uopsay)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “общий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress