прелестный

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Russian

Etymology

пре́лесть (prélestʹ) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

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Adjective

преле́стный (preléstnyj) (comparative (по)преле́стнее or (по)преле́стней)

  1. charming, delightful, lovely
    • 1904, Лев Толстой , “VI”, in Хаджи-Мурат; English translation from Louise and Aylmer Maude, transl., Hadji Murat, 1912:
      — Он преле́стен, твой разбо́йник, — по-францу́зски сказа́ла Ма́рья Васи́льевна му́жу. — Бу́лька стал любова́ться его́ кинжа́лом — он подари́л его́ ему́.
      — On prelésten, tvoj razbójnik, — po-francúzski skazála Márʹja Vasílʹjevna múžu. — Búlʹka stal ljubovátʹsja jevó kinžálom — on podaríl jevó jemú.
      "He is delightful, your brigand!" said Marya Vasilevna to her husband in french. "Bulka has been admiring his dagger, and he has given it to him."

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