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бесподобный

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Russian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bʲɪspɐˈdobnɨj]
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Adjective

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бесподо́бный (bespodóbnyj)

  1. peerless, incomparable, matchless

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References

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  • 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