прыгожы

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Belarusian

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Etymology

From пры- (pry-) +‎ го́жы (hóžy), from Proto-Slavic *goditi. Compare Russian приго́жий (prigóžij).

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Adjective

прыго́жы (pryhóžy) (comparative прыгажэ́йшы, superlative найпрыгажэ́йшы, adverb прыго́жа)

  1. beautiful, handsome
    Synonym: харо́шы (xaróšy)
    Antonyms: бры́дкі (brýdki), пачва́рны (pačvárny)
    • 1992, Алесь Марціновіч, Дарога ў запаветнае, Мінск: Юнацтва, →ISBN, page 134:
      Душа яго была раскрыта насцеж усяму прыгожаму, якога ён так мала бачыў у свае дзіцячыя гады.
      Duša jahó byla raskryta nascjež usjamu pryhóžamu, jakóha jon tak mala bačyŭ u svaje dzicjačyja hady.
      His soul was wide open to all things beautiful, of which he had seen so little during his childhood.

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References

  • прыгожы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org