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Ukrainian
Etymology
From по́честь (póčestʹ) + -ний (-nyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
поче́сний • (počésnyj) (adverb поче́сно, abstract noun поче́сність)
- honourable (UK), honorable (US) (worthy of respect)
- поче́сна зга́дка ― počésna zhádka ― honourable mention
- honorary, honorific, of honour (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- поче́сна ва́рта ― počésna várta ― guard of honour, honour guard
- поче́сний сту́пінь ― počésnyj stúpinʹ ― honorary degree, honoris causa
Declension
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “почесний”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “почесний”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “почесний”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “почесний”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “почесний”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “почесний”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)