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Russian
Etymology
пре́данный (prédannyj) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
пре́данность • (prédannostʹ) f inan (genitive пре́данности, nominative plural пре́данности, genitive plural пре́данностей)
- loyalty, devotion
1833, Александр Пушкин [Alexander Pushkin], “Том первый. Глава III”, in Дубровский; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Dubrovsky, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016:Тро́нутый пре́данностию ста́рого ку́чера, Дубро́вский замолча́л и преда́лся сно́ва размышле́ниям.- Trónutyj prédannostiju stárovo kúčera, Dubróvskij zamolčál i predálsja snóva razmyšlénijam.
- Touched by the old coachman’s devotion, Dubrovsky kept silent and fell again into reflection.
- attachment (dependence, especially a strong one)
Declension