благородный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благородьнъ (blagorodĭnŭ). By surface analysis, бла́го- (blágo-, good) +‎ род (rod, birth) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

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Adjective

благоро́дный (blagoródnyj) (comparative (по)благоро́днее or (по)благоро́дней, superlative благоро́днейший)

  1. noble, aristocratic, wellborn (of the nobility, of the high-born class, especially in Russia before 1917)
    • 1883, w:Nikolai Leskov, Тупейный художник [The Toupee Artist]:
      Няня, впрочем, знала хорошие доводы, что мне такая свобода была бы совершенно неприлична. Доводы эти заключались в том, что я — дитя благородных родителей и отца моего все в городе знают.
      Njanja, vpročem, znala xorošije dovody, što mne takaja svoboda byla by soveršenno neprilična. Dovody eti zaključalisʹ v tom, što ja — ditja blagorodnyx roditelej i otca mojevo vse v gorode znajut.
      My nanny, however, knew good reasons why such freedom would be completely unbecoming for me. These reasons consisted of the fact that I was the child of wellborn parents and that everyone in the city knew my father.
  2. noble (in spirit), gentle
    благоро́дный посту́покblagoródnyj postúpoknoble act
  3. selfless, generous
  4. exceptional, outstandingly elegant
    благоро́дная красота́blagoródnaja krasotáexceptional beauty
  5. (sciences, figurative) noble (having some special quality)
    благоро́дный га́зblagoródnyj gáznoble gas, inert gas

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Noun

благоро́дный (blagoródnyjm anim (genitive благоро́дного, nominative plural благоро́дные, genitive plural благоро́дных, feminine благоро́дная)

  1. noble, aristocrat (member of the nobility, of the high-born class, especially in Russia before 1917)
  2. someone noble in spirit

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