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Bulgarian
Etymology
Abstract noun of прили́ка (prilíka, “similarity”) + -ие (-ie).
Pronunciation
Noun
прили́чие • (prilíčie) n (relational adjective прили́чен)
- (obsolete, literally) adequacy, suitability
- (figuratively) decency, propriety
- Synonym: прили́чност (prilíčnost)
Declension
References
- “приличие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “приличие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
прили́чие • (prilíčije) n inan (genitive прили́чия, nominative plural прили́чия, genitive plural прили́чий)
- decency, propriety, decorum, convenances
1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 26”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:А́нна Серге́евна не хоте́ла стесня́ть молоды́х люде́й и то́лько для прили́чия не оставля́ла их сли́шком до́лго наедине́.- Ánna Sergéjevna ne xotéla stesnjátʹ molodýx ljudéj i tólʹko dlja prilíčija ne ostavljála ix slíškom dólgo najediné.
- Anna Sergeyevna had no wish to hamper the freedom of the young people, but on account of decorum she did not leave them alone for too long.
Declension