прописной

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Russian

Etymology

про́пись (própisʹ) +‎ -но́й (-nój)

Pronunciation

Adjective

прописно́й (propisnój)

  1. conventional, trivial, commonplace, common
    прописна́я мора́льpropisnája morálʹconventional morality; copy-book morality; copy-book maxims
    прописна́я и́стинаpropisnája ístina(boring) truism; copy-book truth, common truth
  2. upper-case, capital (letter)
    Synonyms: загла́вный (zaglávnyj), большо́й (bolʹšój)
    Antonym: строчно́й (stročnój)
    прописна́я бу́кваpropisnája búkvacapital letter
  3. cursive (letter)
    прописны́е бу́квыpropisnýje búkvycursive (script)

Declension