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In my understanding, "вялотекущая" means having a slow flux. This you would literally associate with rather with a river, but no -
Why? I understand that language can be quite irrational, but my question is - maybe in this special case there is indeed some crazy logic behind these cases?
Ever heard of wholes being greater than the sums of their parts? Crazy, huh?
Вялотекущая is not the same as вяло текущая. The former is a medical term and was coined (or, if you like, glued together) as such. Вяло текущая река is fine.
If you will say Вяло текущая река in the context of river, say, standing on the bank of river - your friends may consider you to be a witty person. I think i should remember this for a good reason.
1) Мы увлеклись игрой. Время текло незаметно. 2) Ничто не нарушало размеренного течения его жизни. 3) Его жизнь текла размеренно и спокойно. 4) Врач рассказал, как протекает болезнь пациента 5) Процессы, протекающие в атмосфере... 7) Переговоры протекали трудно.
"Течь, протекать" is property of water, time, any process. Disease is a process too. ...............
The word ВЯЛО has "distant relatives": ВЯНУТЬ, УВЯДАНИЕ. An adverb "вяло" can only refer to the actions of an animate subject.
Он вяло улыбнулся — ОК
Он вяло махнул рукой — ОК
Камень катится вяло — not OK
Ветер дует вяло — not OK
Река течет вяло — not OK
For some time nоw there is a phrase "вялотекущий процесс". But it is only suitable for social or biological processes.
