trudnoi

Trudnoi is a transliteration of the Russian word трудной, an adjective meaning "difficult" or "hard." In English-language texts, transliteration can vary, with common forms including trudnoy or trudnoi. The feminine and neuter forms are trudnaya and trudnoye, respectively, and the base stem is trud-.

Etymology and grammar: The word derives from the root труд- (work, effort) and the suffix used to form adjectives. In Russian, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case, so forms such as трудной, трудный, трудная, и т. д., appear depending on the noun. The masculine form трудной is well attested before masculine nouns in the nominative case, as in phrases that mean “a difficult question” or “a difficult task.”

Usage: Trudnoi conveys not only physical difficulty but also complexity, effort, or challenge. It is common in both written and spoken Russian: for example, трудной задачей can describe a challenging task, and трудная дорога can describe a difficult road. In translation, it typically corresponds to English “difficult,” “hard,” or “laborious,” depending on context.

Toponymy and names: Beyond ordinary usage, the word may appear in place names or street names in Russian-speaking regions, where it carries the same semantic sense of difficulty or arduity, though it is not otherwise a common proper name.

Summary: Trudnoi is the transliterated form of a core Russian adjective tied to the idea of difficulty. It illustrates how Cyrillic forms map to Latin spellings and how adjectives inflect to agree with Russian nouns.

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