бесполый

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1839. бес- (bes-, “-less”) +‎ пол (pol, “sex”) +‎ -ый (-yj), calque of French asexuel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʲɪˈspoɫɨj]

Adjective

беспо́лый • (bespólyj)

  1. asexual (without sexual action; having no distinct sex)

Declension

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Derived terms
  • беспо́лость (bespólostʹ)

References
  • Arapova, N. S. (2000), “бесполый”, 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 54
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