бесподобный

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1789. бес- (bes-) + подо́бный (podóbnyj), possibly, a calque of French incomparable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪspɐˈdobnɨj]
  • (file)

Adjective

бесподо́бный (bespodóbnyj)

  1. peerless, incomparable, matchless

Declension

Derived terms

  • бесподо́бно (bespodóbno)
  • бесподо́бность f (bespodóbnostʹ)

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000), бесподобный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 54
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