здравый

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съдравъ (sŭdravŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ. Doublet of здоро́вый (zdoróvyj), the inherited Old East Slavic form.

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Adjective

здра́вый (zdrávyj) (comparative (по)здра́вее or (по)здра́вей)

  1. sensible, sound, sane, reasonable
    здра́вый смыслzdrávyj smyslcommon sense
    в здра́вом уме́v zdrávom umésane, in one's right mind
  2. (archaic) healthy

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “здравый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress