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Words of the Brothers Karamazov · 22 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

юность

youth; boyhood; in youth 11 times

юности, юность, Юность, юностью

noun, locative, feminine, singular; noun, genitive, feminine, singular; noun, accusative, feminine, singular

Instrumental of manner ('in the bloom of youth'), loosely attached to жизни; the pair renders idiomatically as 'seething young life.'

юноша

young man; youth; a youth 40 times

юноша, юноши, юношей, юноше, юношу, Юноша, юношею

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, genitive, masculine, singular; noun, instrumental, masculine, singular

Archaic instrumental ending -ою; modern form is юношей.

юный

young; youthful; young man 17 times

юный, юным, юные, юного, юную, юных, юно, юной and 1 more

adjective, nominative, masculine, singular; adjective, genitive, masculine, singular; adjective, dative, plural

юридический

legal; juridical 5 times

юридическом, юридическая, юридического, юридический

adjective, locative, masculine, singular; adjective, nominative, feminine, singular; adjective, genitive, masculine, singular

юродивый

a holy fool; holy fools; holy fool 17 times

юродивый, юродивых, юродивого, юродивым, юродивые, юродивая, юродивой, юродивому

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; adjective, instrumental, masculine, singular; adjective, nominative, masculine, singular

юродивый ("holy fool") is an Orthodox ascetic figure who feigns madness for spiritual reasons.

Seen once or twice

юбка

skirt; a skirt twice

юг

south; the south twice

южный

southern once

юмор

humor once

юнкерочек

little cadet once

юпитер

Jupiter twice

юридически

legally once

юродливый

crackpot; buffoonish twice

юродство

buffoonery; holy folly twice

юродствовать

playing the holy fool once

юстиция

the law twice

ютиться

huddled once

The particulars

The words
Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Fyodor Dostoevsky, d. 1881; Russian from the Nauka academic edition via ru.wikisource).
Translation
Public-domain Russian (Dostoevsky, d. 1881). Translation © 2026 1732 Studios.
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