красивый

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Russian

Etymology

By surface analysis, краса́ (krasá) +‎ -и́вый (-ívyj). Cognates include Ukrainian краси́вий (krasývyj), Belarusian красі́вы (krasívy).

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Adjective

краси́вый (krasívyj) (comparative (по)краси́вее or (по)краси́вей or (по)кра́ше, superlative краси́вейший, adverb краси́во, abstract noun красота́, diminutive краси́венький)

  1. beautiful, handsome
    • 1898, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Крыжовник; English translation from S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan, transl., Gooseberries, 1920:
      Ива́на Ива́ныча и Бу́ркина встре́тила в до́ме го́рничная, молода́я же́нщина, така́я краси́вая, что они́ о́ба ра́зом останови́лись и погляде́ли друг на дру́га.
      Ivána Iványča i Búrkina vstrétila v dóme górničnaja, molodája žénščina, takája krasívaja, što oní óba rázom ostanovílisʹ i pogljadéli drug na drúga.
      Ivan Ivanich and Bourkin were received by a chambermaid; such a pretty young woman that both of them stopped and exchanged glances.
  2. (ironic) fine, admirable, noble

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  • Yakut: кыраһыабай (kırahıabay)