особенный

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osobьnъ. By surface analysis, осо́ба (osóba, person, individual) +‎ -енный (-ennyj).

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Adjective

осо́бенный (osóbennyj)

  1. special (unique)
    Synonym: особли́вый (osoblívyj)
    • 1985 March 8, Roman Bykov, Я побит – начну сначала! Дневники , published 2013, page 629:
      Человек узнает, хочет, он особен, он сам по себе, а потом должен прирасти; прирастает к прочим, потеряв, утратив, уплатив или погибнув.
      Čelovek uznajet, xočet, on osoben, on sam po sebe, a potom dolžen prirasti; prirastajet k pročim, poterjav, utrativ, uplativ ili pogibnuv.
      A person learns, wants, he is special, he is on his own, and then he must grow; he grows to others, having lost, having forfeited, having paid or having perished.

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