добръ

• ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱏ (dobrŭ) — Glagolitic

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to match, to fit”).

добръ • (dobrŭ) (comparative добрѣи or лоучии or соулѣи or соул҄ии or оун҄ии)

1. good

   Antonym: зълъ (zŭlŭ)

   добръ чловѣкъ ― dobrŭ člověkŭ ― a good man

   добра волꙗ ― dobra volja ― goodwill

   добра землꙗ ― dobra zemlja ― fertile soil

   • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 12:35:

     Добры чл҃вкъ отъ добраго съкровишта износитъ добраѣ ꙇ зълыч҃лвкъ отъ зълааго съкровишта износитъ зъла῾а ·

     [A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him]

     A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Luke 8:15:

     а еже на добрѣ земи сии сѫть ·· ꙇже добромь сръдьцемъ и благомь ·слышавъше слово дръжѧтъ · ꙇ плодъ творѧтъ въ тръпѣнии · ·· ··

     [But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop]

     But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. beautiful

   Synonyms: доброличьнъ (dobroličĭnŭ), красьнъ (krasĭnŭ), лѣпъ (lěpŭ)

   Antonym: гнѫсьнъ (gnǫsĭnŭ)

   • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Luke 21:5:

     ῾ꙇ единѣмъ гл҃ѭштемь о цр҃кви · ѣко камениемь добромь и съсѫдыоукрашена естъ · рече ·

     [Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said]

     Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 57, line 18:

     доидошꙙ и новосвѣтълꙑѧ благовѣрию подвижьникꙑ· ѥже доухомь господьн҄емь ꙁлатꙑ строуѧ· добрꙑѧ цвѣтьцꙙ крьстиꙗномъ·

     doidošę i novosvětŭlyę blagověriju podvižĭniky· ježe duxomĭ gospodĭnʹemĭ zlaty struę· dobryę cvětĭcę krĭstijanomŭ·

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “добръ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
• Havlová, Eva, editor (1992), “dobrъ”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 3 (dělo – gospodь), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 137

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

• Hyphenation: до‧бръ

добръ (dobrŭ)

1. good
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 1:

     Добро есть, братиѥ, почѥтаньѥ книжьноѥ։ паче вьсѧкомоу хрьстьꙗноу·

     Dobro estĭ, bratije, počjetanĭje knižĭnoje։ pače vĭsękomu xrĭstĭjanu·

     The reading of books is good, brothers: more so for any Christian.

• Old Ruthenian: добрый (dobryj)
  • Belarusian: до́бры (dóbry)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: до́брый (dóbrŷj)
  • Ukrainian: до́брий (dóbryj)
• Russian: до́брый (dóbryj)
  • Russenorsk: daabra, dobra
  • Solombala English: добра (dobra)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “добръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 681