ложь
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "loz"
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old East Slavic лъжь (lŭžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *lъžь. Cognate with Old English lyġe, English lie from Proto-Germanic *lugiz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ложь • (ložʹ) f inan (genitive лжи, nominative plural лжи, genitive plural лжей)
- lie, falsehood
- Synonyms: непра́вда (neprávda), враньё (vranʹjó), обма́н (obmán), фальшь (falʹšʹ), брехня́ (brexnjá)
- 1880, Всеволод Гаршин [Vsevolod Garshin], chapter I, in Ночь; English translation from en:, (Please provide a date or year):
- Он не замеча́л, что, называ́я всю свою́ жизнь обма́ном и сме́шивая себя́ с гря́зью, он и тепе́рь лгал то́ю же, ху́дшею в ми́ре ло́жью, ло́жью самому́ себе́.
- On ne zamečál, što, nazyvája vsju svojú žiznʹ obmánom i sméšivaja sebjá s grjázʹju, on i tepérʹ lgal tóju že, xúdšeju v míre lóžʹju, lóžʹju samomú sebé.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (logic) false
Usage notes
[edit]- Some Russians differentiate between ложь (ložʹ) and враньё (vranʹjó). A lie which is told to deceive someone is a ложь. Tall tales told without the malicious intention of deceiving others are враньё. In practice, however, both words can be used with the same meaning, враньё sounding informal and ложь sounding formal.
- This word is generally only used in the singular,[1] although there are rare attestations of plural forms. Some resources on Russian grammar omit the nominative/accusative plural form instead of giving it as лжи.[2]
Declension
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[edit]References
[edit]See also
[edit]- врать (vratʹ)
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