Some words are known to contemporaries only in a set of certain morphemes, but it is worth removing the suffix or prefix, as a new concept causes sincere bewilderment. The problem of any living language! And if the criterion of constancy, stability and immutability can be found in many texts, then the truncated version of “unstable” is something strange, mysterious. Is there a similar term? What does it mean and in what cases is it appropriate? In Russia, everyone could cope with the questions asked.
From antiquity
Philologists truncate the adjective to the verb "to swell," and then find connections with Old Russian definitions. Among them there is a “quagmire” swell. But there is also a swell:
They mean an unstable position, traveling in waves or drawing a viscous surface into itself. Sudden changes in physical characteristics and heterogeneity of the social situation. Although completely everyday, everyday things came from this concept:
- to sway - to swing;
- unsteady - a cradle.
Today
It is difficult to understand what is “unstable”, because the word is out of use! However, its basic meaning splits into explicit meanings:
The most obvious example will be nature. Branches of trees moving in the wind, and spring puddles, through which light ripples run through every now and then. At the same time, the second interpretation assumes the shakiness of a certain object:
- weakness;
- shaking;
- arbitrary wiggle.
Swing and cradle cause sincere delight. And the ancient staircase and monuments rickety from time to time are a source of implicit threat and fears of passers-by. This is where the allegorical reflection of spiritual fluctuations, the ability of someone to influence human nature from the outside, or the spiritual precariousness of a particular person is born:
- Z. doubtful;
- Z. fear, etc.
A regular change of views and priorities is described. First you want to learn to be a surgeon, then to work in the mines, and after a week you can only think about rest on foreign beaches. The restless nature does not allow a clear picture of the future, destroys any plans and adversely affects relations with loved ones.
Lexical future
You can not add to your personal vocabulary. Now "unstable" is a stub from a form with the prefix not long ago , long ago emerged from colloquial speech. At the regional level there are related expressions: about the same cradle. But it is almost impossible to hear the term under study from a native speaker, unless a rare mention slip in ancient literature.