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Bulgarian
Etymology
ра́вен (ráven, “even”) + -о- (-o-) + душа́ (dušá, “soul”) + -ие (-ie)
Pronunciation
Noun
равноду́шие • (ravnodúšie) n (relational adjective равноду́шен)
- (literally) equanimity
- indifference, listlessness, disregard
Declension
Declension of великоду́шие
References
- “равнодушие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “равнодушие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
From ра́вный (rávnyj) + -о- (-o-) + душа́ (dušá) + -ие (-ije). Literally, “equanimity”.
Pronunciation
Noun
равноду́шие • (ravnodúšije) n inan (genitive равноду́шия, nominative plural равноду́шия, genitive plural равноду́ший)
- indifference, unconcern, disregard
1898, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], “III”, in Олеся; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., The Witch (Olyessia), 1916:Я ви́дел, что Ярмо́ле не те́рпится скоре́е пойти́ в лес, но он скрыва́ет э́то стра́стное жела́ние охо́тника под напускны́м равноду́шием.- Ja vídel, što Jarmóle ne térpitsja skoréje pojtí v les, no on skryvájet éto strástnoje želánije oxótnika pod napuskným ravnodúšijem.
- I saw that Yarmola was waiting impatiently to go to the forest, but he hid his hunter’s passion beneath an assumed indifference.
Declension