лукавий

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лукавъ (lukavŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lǫkavъ. Cognate with Russian лука́вый (lukávyj), Bulgarian лука́в (lukáv), Serbo-Croatian лу̏кав, Old Church Slavonic лѫкавъ (lǫkavŭ).

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Adjective

лука́вий (lukávyj) (comparative лука́віший, adverb лука́во)

  1. cunning, sly, insincere
    Synonyms: нещи́рий (neščýryj), брехли́вий (brexlývyj), дволи́кий (dvolýkyj), дволи́ций (dvolýcyj), криводу́шний (kryvodúšnyj)
  2. treacherous, viperous
    Antonyms: підсту́пний (pidstúpnyj), зра́дницький (zrádnycʹkyj), віроло́мний (virolómnyj), пі́длий (pídlyj)
  3. mischievous, naughty
  4. (nominalized, in the masculine) devil

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