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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koristьnъ. By surface analysis, карысць (karyscʹ) + -ны (-ny). Cognate with Polish korzystny, Ukrainian кори́сний (korýsnyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
кары́сны • (karýsny) (adverb кары́сна)
- useful, helpful, advantageous, beneficial (having a practical or beneficial use)
- Antonyms: некары́сны (njekarýsny), бескары́сны (bjeskarýsny), ма́рны (márny)
1938 , Victor Hugo, Адвержаныя, Менск: ДВБ, translation of Les Misérables, page 86; English translation from Isabel Florence Hapgood, transl., Les Misérables, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1887:Як бачылі, краіна была шмат чым яму абавязана, бедныя былі яму абавязаны ўсім. Ён быў настолькі карысны, што мімаволі выклікаў павагу, і такі добры, што, нарэшце, усе палюбілі яго.- Jak bačyli, kraina byla šmat čym jamu abavjazana, bjednyja byli jamu abavjazany ŭsim. Jon byŭ nastólʹki karysny, što mimavóli vyklikaŭ pavahu, i taki dóbry, što, narešcje, usje paljubili jahó.
- We have seen that the country owed much to him; the poor owed him everything; he was so useful and he was so gentle that people had been obliged to honor and respect him.
- (literally, “As it was seen, the country owed much to him, the poor owed him everything. He was so useful that he inadvertently attracted respect, and he was so gentle that everyone eventually liked him.”)
- profitable
Declension
Declension of кары́сны (hard)
Derived terms
References
- “карысны” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “карысны”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)