похвала

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Macedonian

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  • Hyphenation: пох‧ва‧ла

Noun

похвала (pohvalaf (plural похвали)

  1. panegyric, laud (a speech or song in which something is praised)

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Synonyms

  • (a speech that praises, celebrates feats, and glorifies someone or something): панеги́рик m (panegírik)

References

  • похвала” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

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Noun

похвала́ (poxvaláf inan (genitive похвалы́, nominative plural похвалы́, genitive plural похва́л)

  1. praise
    • 1895, Максим Горький, Однажды осенью; English translation from Robert Nisbet Bain, transl., One Autumn Night, Funk and Wagnall's, 1902:
      Одна маленькая похвала женщины для меня дороже целого дифирамба со стороны мужчины, будь мужчина сей красноречив, как все древние ораторы, взятые вместе.
      Odna malenʹkaja poxvala ženščiny dlja menja dorože celovo difiramba so storony mužčiny, budʹ mužčina sej krasnorečiv, kak vse drevnije oratory, vzjatyje vmeste.
      Nowadays a little crumb of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole dithyramb from a man, even though he be more eloquent than all the ancient and modern orators put together.

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: pohvala

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôxʋala/
  • Hyphenation: по‧хва‧ла

Noun

по̏хвала f (Latin spelling pȍhvala)

  1. praise

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Ukrainian

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Noun

похвала́ (poxvaláf inan (genitive похвали́, nominative plural похвали́, genitive plural похва́л)

  1. praise
  2. (archaic) glory, pride
  3. (Christianity) the fifth Saturday of Lent

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