неприкосновенный

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic неприкосновеньнъ (neprikosnovenĭnŭ). Equivalent to не- (ne-) +‎ прикосну́ться (prikosnútʹsja) +‎ -енный (-ennyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲɪprʲɪkəsnɐˈvʲenːɨj]

Adjective

неприкоснове́нный • (neprikosnovénnyj)

  1. untouchable, inviolable, immune, sacrosanct
  2. (relational) reserve (kept for an exigency)
    неприкоснове́нный капита́лneprikosnovénnyj kapitálreserve capital

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