верноподданный

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Russian

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Etymology

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From ве́рный по́дданный (vérnyj póddannyj), a calque of German treuer Untertan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrnɐˈpodːən(ː)ɨj]

Adjective

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вернопо́дданный (vernopóddannyj)

  1. loyal

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Noun

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вернопо́дданный (vernopóddannyjm anim (genitive вернопо́дданного, nominative plural вернопо́дданные, genitive plural вернопо́дданных, feminine вернопо́дданная)

  1. loyalist, loyal subject

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References

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  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “верноподданный”, 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 64