буквальный

See also: буквальний

Russian

Etymology

From бу́ква (búkva) +‎ -альный (-alʹnyj), a calque of French littéral. First attested in 1780s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bʊkˈvalʲnɨj]
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Adjective

буква́льный • (bukválʹnyj)

literal (exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation)
Synonym: досло́вный (doslóvnyj)

буква́льный перево́д ― bukválʹnyj perevód ― literal translation

Declension

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Derived terms

буква́льно (bukválʹno)
буква́льность (bukválʹnostʹ)

References

Arapova, N. S. (2000), “буквальный”, 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 62

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