больи

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Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *boľьjь. First attested in c. 1120‒1140. Cognate with Old East Slavic болии (bolii), Old Ruthenian большїй (bolʹšij), Old Church Slavonic бол҄ии (bolʹii).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: бо‧льи

Adjective

больи (bolĭi)[1]

  1. comparative degree of велике (velike, big, large): bigger

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 713

Further reading

  • больи”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2025