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• Бесполезный (masc.adj.) [bes-pa-lez-nyj] Useless, pointless 🔻Prefix: бес- (bes-) means without or lack of. 🔻Root: полез- сomes from the noun польза [pol'-za] use, benefit, advantage 🔻Suffix: -н is an adjectival suffix, forming adjectives from nouns or verbs. 🔻Ending: -ый is the masculine singular ending. The ending changes depending on gender and number (e.g., бесполезная - feminine singular, бесполезные - plural). 💢 This meaning is well illustrated with the Russian proverb: • Носить воду в решете(imperf., 2nd conjugation) [na-sit' vo-du v ri-shi-te] Literally: To carry water in a sieve To roast snow in a furnace, to be engaged in a hopeless task • Ловить котят - бесполезная задача. Это как носить воду в решете: они всё равно разбегаются! Trying to catch kittens is a useless task. It's like trying to carry water in a sieve. They just run away anyway! 🎧🗣👇 Hope it was not a бесполезный post ->❤️ #adjectives #phraseology 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost