короткий

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. Doublet of кра́ткий (krátkij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

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Adjective

коро́ткий (korótkij) (comparative (по)коро́че, superlative са́мый коро́ткий, adverb ко́ротко, diminutive коро́тенький)

  1. short, brief
  2. (figuratively) intimate
    • 1849, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], chapter I, in Неточка Незванова; English translation from Jane Kentish, transl., Netochka Nezvanova, Penguin Books, 1985:
      Всё, что я тепе́рь бу́ду расска́зывать, узна́ла я пото́м от знамени́того скрипача́ Б., кото́рый был това́рищем и коро́тким прия́телем моего́ о́тчима в свое́й мо́лодости.
      Vsjo, što ja tepérʹ búdu rasskázyvatʹ, uznála ja potóm ot znamenítovo skripačá B., kotóryj byl továriščem i korótkim prijátelem mojevó ótčima v svojéj mólodosti.
      In order to make my story more comprehensible I must first give an account of his life, the details of which I only learnt later from the famous musician B. who was a companion and close friend of my stepfather’s in his youth.

Usage notes

The short form should not be conflated with the adjective ко́роток (kórotok, too short), which has lexicalized as a short-form-only adjective in its own right.

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ.

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Adjective

коро́ткий (korótkyj) (comparative коро́тший, superlative найкоро́тший, diminutive короте́нький)

  1. short
    Antonym: до́вгий (dóvhyj)
  2. brief, short, concise

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