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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic *кра́съка (*krásŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kràsъka, from *krāsà. By surface analysis, краса́ (krasá) + -ка (-ka). Cognate with Russian кра́ска (kráska).
Noun
краска • (kraska) f inan
- paint, dye, ink
- colors
- flower, flowering plant
Descendants
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krasъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 105: “ст.-блр. краска ― st.-blr. kraska”
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “кра́ска”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 114
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “краска”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 93
- Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “краска”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 82
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Russian кра́ска (kráska), from Old East Slavic *кра́съка (*krásŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kràsъka, from *krāsà.
краса́ (krasá, “beauty”) + -ка (-ka), first attested in the 15th century; original sense is hypothesized to be “blush” or “decoration”.
Compare sense development to кра́сный (krásnyj, “red”), original sense “beautiful, good”, and to кра́сить (krásitʹ, “to color”), original sense “to decorate”.
Pronunciation
Noun
кра́ска • (kráska) f inan (genitive кра́ски, nominative plural кра́ски, genitive plural кра́сок, relational adjective кра́сочный, diminutive кра́сочка)
- paint, dye, ink
- colors
- blush, flush (complexion)
Declension
Synonyms
- краса́ (krasá), красота́ (krasotá), краси́тель (krasítelʹ), окра́с (okrás), окра́ска (okráska), покра́ска (pokráska), раскра́ска (raskráska)
- кра́сный (krásnyj), краси́вый (krasívyj), кра́сящий (krásjaščij)
- кра́сить (krásitʹ), вы́красить (výkrasitʹ), изукра́сить (izukrásitʹ)
- кра́сочно (krásočno), краси́во (krasívo)
Descendants
References
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “краска”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 373
Further reading
- краска in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru