собственный

Russian

Etymology

Constructed from Old East Slavic собьство (sobĭstvo, quality, essence) + -енный (-ennyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsopstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj]
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Adjective

со́бственный • (sóbstvennyj)

  1. one's own, peculiar, proper
    Synonym: свой (svoj)
  2. (linear algebra) eigen-

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Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “собственный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress