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Ukrainian
Etymology
From поті́ш(ити) (potíš(yty)) + -ний (-nyj). Compare Russian поте́шный (potéšnyj), Belarusian паце́шны (pacjéšny), Polish pocieszny.
Pronunciation
Adjective
поті́шний • (potíšnyj) (adverb поті́шно, abstract noun поті́шність)
- amusing, funny
- (dated) comforting
- Synonyms: уті́шний (utíšnyj), вті́шний (vtíšnyj)
Declension
Declension of поті́шний (hard)
Derived terms
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2023), “потішний”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 14 (покі́с – префере́нція), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund
- “потішний”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1976), “потішний”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (Поїхати – Приробляти), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 412
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “потішний”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “потішний”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “потішний”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “потішний”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)