наитие
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic наитие (naitije); constructed as if найти́ (najtí) + -тие (-tije).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɐˈitʲɪje]
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Noun
наи́тие • (naítije) n inan (genitive наи́тия, nominative plural наи́тия, genitive plural наи́тий)
- (dated or literary) heaven-sent inspiration
- 1877, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], chapter III, in Сон; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Dream, 1897:
- Я сейча́с упомяну́л о том, как я засыпа́л иногда́ под наи́тием нея́сных дум и мечта́ний.
- Ja sejčás upomjanúl o tom, kak ja zasypál inogdá pod naítijem nejásnyx dum i mečtánij.
- I have just mentioned that I used sometimes to fall asleep under the influence of vague dreams and reveries.
Declension
Declension of наи́тие (inan neut-form i-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- по наи́тию (po naítiju)
Related terms
See also
- находи́ть impf (naxodítʹ)
- находи́ться impf (naxodítʹsja)
- нахо́дка f (naxódka)
- нахо́дчивый (naxódčivyj)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “найти”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.