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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grǫbъ.
Cognates include German grob, Lithuanian grubùs.
Pronunciation
Adjective
гру́бый • (grúbyj) (comparative (по)грубе́е or (по)грубе́й)
- uncouth, boorish, rude, uncultured
- Synonyms: некульту́рный (nekulʹtúrnyj, “uncultured”), неве́жливый (nevéžlivyj, “impolite”), неотёсанный (neotjósannyj, “uncouth”), невоспи́танный (nevospítannyj, “ill-mannered”)
- rough, coarse (of cloth, a surface, etc.)
- Synonyms: шерша́вый (šeršávyj, “rough, coarse”), коря́вый (korjávyj, “gnarled”)
- rough, hoarse, raspy (of a voice or sound)
- Synonyms: хри́плый (xríplyj, “hoarse”), (harsh, raspy) скрипу́чий (skripúčij), глухо́й (gluxój, “muffled”)
- (figuratively) rough, approximate, inexact (of work, an estimate, etc.)
- Synonyms: (approximate) приблизи́тельный (priblizítelʹnyj), (imprecise) нето́чный (netóčnyj), (approximate, rough) приме́рный (primérnyj)
- severe, egregious, gross, unacceptable (of an error or miscalculation)
- Synonym: вопию́щий (vopijúščij, “egregious”)
Declension
Declension of гру́бый (short class cʹ)
Related terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грубый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress