скромный

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Russian

Etymology

First attested in the 17th century. Borrowed from Polish skromny, from Proto-Slavic *sъkromьnъ.

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Adjective

скро́мный (skrómnyj) (comparative (по)скромне́е or (по)скромне́й)

  1. modest, humble
    • 1869, Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть I. Глава XIII”, in Обрыв; English translation from Stephen Pearl, transl., Malinovka Heights, Alma Classics, 2020:
      Она́ робка́, скромна́ и́ли горда́, непристу́пна и́ли нежна́, послу́шна — смотря́ по ро́ли, по моме́нту.
      Oná robká, skromná íli gordá, nepristúpna íli nežná, poslúšna — smotrjá po róli, po moméntu.
      She can be timorous, modest or proud, unapproachable, or tender and biddable – depending on the part she is playing at the moment.
  2. modest, frugal
    скро́мный за́работокskrómnyj zárabotokmodest earnings
    скро́мный обе́дskrómnyj obédfrugal dinner
  3. modest, unassuming, unpretentious
    скро́мный наря́дskrómnyj narjádmodest/simple attire
    скро́мный слу́жащийskrómnyj slúžaščijlowly clerk
    по моему́ скро́мному мне́ниюpo mojemú skrómnomu mnénijuin my humble opinion
  4. modest, prudish
    скро́мный вы́рез на пла́тьеskrómnyj výrez na plátʹjea modest neckline on a dress
    сли́шком скро́мныйslíškom skrómnyjovermodest; overly modest

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Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скромный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress