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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *krasa.
Noun
краса • (krasa) f
- decoration
Declension
Declension of краса (hard a-stem)
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *krasa. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic краса (krasa) and Old Polish krasa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krɑˈsɑ/→/kraˈsa/→/kraˈsa/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /krɑˈsɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kraˈsa/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kraˈsa/
Noun
краса (krasa) f
- beauty
Declension
Declension of краса (hard a-stem)
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “краса”, 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 1315
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic краса (krasa), from Proto-Slavic *krasa.
Pronunciation
Noun
краса́ • (krasá) f inan (genitive красы́, nominative plural красы́, genitive plural крас)
- (archaic) beauty
- во всей свое́й красе́ ― vo vsej svojéj krasé ― in all one's beauty, in all one's glory
Declension
Anagrams
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic краса (krasa), from Proto-Slavic *krasa.
Pronunciation
Noun
краса́ • (krasá) f inan (genitive краси́, uncountable)
- beauty (quality of being beautiful)
- glory, pride (most admirable member of a collective or part of a whole)
- Synonym: окра́са f (okrása)
- beauteousness, good looks, handsomeness, loveliness (attractive appearance of a person)
- Synonyms: вро́да f (vróda), уро́да f (uróda)
- (dated) beauty (beautiful female)
- Synonym: красу́ня f (krasúnja)
Declension
Declension of краса́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
кра́са • (krása)
- feminine nominative singular of кра́сий (krásyj)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “краса”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “краса”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “краса”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “краса”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “краса”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “краса”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “краса”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)