Poor

"Poor" in Russian

бе́дный

bédnyj

(with few or no possessions or money)

бе́дный

bédnyj

(used to express pity)

вызыва́ющий жа́лость

vyzyvájuščij žálostʹ

(used to express pity)

жа́лкий

žálkij

(used to express pity)

несча́стный

nesčástnyj

(used to express pity)

ни́щий

níščij

(with few or no possessions or money)

плохо́й

ploxój

(of low quality)

сла́бый

slábyj

(of low quality)

убо́гий

ubógij

(of low quality)

бе́дные

bédnyje

(the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society)

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