краса

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krasa.

Noun

краса • (krasa) f

1. decoration

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krasa. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic краса (krasa) and Old Polish krasa.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /krɑˈsɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /kraˈsa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /kraˈsa/
• Hyphenation: кра‧са

Noun

краса (krasa) f

1. beauty

Declension

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: краса́ (krasá)
  • Belarusian: краса́ (krasá)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: краса́ (krasá)
  • Ukrainian: краса́ (krasá)
• Russian: краса́ (krasá)
• → Latgalian: kruosa
• → Latvian: krāsa

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), volumes 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

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Noun

краса́ • (krasá) f inan (genitive красы́, nominative plural красы́, genitive plural крас)

1. (archaic) beauty

   во всей свое́й красе́ ― vo vsej svojéj krasé ― in all one's beauty, in all one's glory

Declension

Related terms

• краса́вец (krasávec)
• краса́вица (krasávica)
• краса́вчик (krasávčik)
• краси́вый (krasívyj)
• прекра́сный (prekrásnyj)
• красота́ (krasotá)

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic краса (krasa), from Proto-Slavic *krasa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

краса́ • (krasá) f inan (genitive краси́, uncountable)

1. beauty (quality of being beautiful)
2. glory, pride (most admirable member of a collective or part of a whole)

   Synonym: окра́са f (okrása)

3. beauteousness, good looks, handsomeness, loveliness (attractive appearance of a person)

   Synonyms: вро́да f (vróda), уро́да f (uróda)

4. (dated) beauty (beautiful female)

   Synonym: красу́ня f (krasúnja)

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Adjective

кра́са • (krása)

1. 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)