тяжкий

Russian

Alternative forms

• тя́жкій (tjážkij) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic тѧжькъ (tęžĭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tingús, from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-.

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Adjective

тя́жкий • (tjážkij) (rare/awkward comparative (по)тя́жче, superlative тягча́йший, adverb тя́жко, abstract noun тя́жкость)

1. hard, grave
2. terrible, painful

Declension

Related terms

• тяжёлый (tjažólyj)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian тѧжкий (tjažkij), from Old East Slavic тѧжькъ (tęžĭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tingús, from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-.

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Adjective

тяжки́й • (tjažkýj) (comparative тя́жчий, superlative найтя́жчий, adverb тя́жко, abstract noun тя́жкість)

1. heavy
2. hard, grave, severe

Declension

Derived terms

• тяжкува́тий (tjažkuvátyj)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “тяжкий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “тяжкий”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “тяжкий”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)