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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic хꙑщьнъ (xyštĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xyťьnъ. By surface analysis, хитить (xititʹ, “to plunder, to reave”) + -ный (-nyj)
Pronunciation
Adjective
хи́щный • (xíščnyj) (comparative (по)хищне́е or (по)хищне́й)
- predatory
1790, Александр Радищев, “Новгород”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:Старинная речь: кто может стать против бога и великого Новагорода — служить может доказательством его могущества. Торговля была причиною его возвышения. Внутренние несогласия и хищный сосед совершили его падение.- Starinnaja rečʹ: kto možet statʹ protiv boga i velikovo Novagoroda — služitʹ možet dokazatelʹstvom jevo moguščestva. Torgovlja byla pričinoju jevo vozvyšenija. Vnutrennije nesoglasija i xiščnyj sosed soveršili jevo padenije.
- The ancient saying, “Who can stand against God and Great Novgorod?” may serve as proof of its power. Trade was the cause of its rise. Internal discord and a rapacious neighbor brought about its fall.
Declension
Declension of хи́щный (short class a*)
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хищный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress