бесполый

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1839. бес- (bes-, -less) + пол (pol, sex) + -ый (-yj), calque of French asexuel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪˈspolɨj]

Adjective

беспо́лый (bespólyj)

  1. asexual (without sexual action; having no distinct sex)

Declension

Derived terms

  • беспо́лость (bespólostʹ)

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000), бесполый”, 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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