благолепный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благолѣпьнъ (blagolěpĭnŭ), a calque of Ancient Greek εὐπρεπής (euprepḗs). By surface analysis, бла́го (blágo) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ ле́пый (lépyj) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

Pronunciation

Adjective

благоле́пный (blagolépnyj) (adverb благоле́пно)

  1. (archaic) extraordinarily beautiful, majestically beautiful, magnificent

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References

  • Shansky, N. M. (1965) “благолепие”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 132
  • Anikin, A. E. (2009) “благолепие”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 230