учтивый

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *učьstivъ. By surface analysis, у- (u-) +‎ чтить (čtitʹ, to honour/honor, respect) +‎ -и́вый (-ívyj). Cognate with Polish uczciwy (honest), Czech uctivý (respectful), Serbo-Croatian у̀чтив (polite), Old Church Slavonic оучьтивъ (učĭtivŭ).

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Adjective

учти́вый (učtívyj)

  1. civil, courteous, polite, considerate
    Synonyms: ве́жливый (véžlivyj), почти́тельный (počtítelʹnyj)
    • 1881, Николай Лесков, “Глава четвёртая”, in Дух госпожи Жанлис; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spirit of Madame de Genlis, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Лю́ди, составля́вшие небольшо́й, но о́чень и́збранный круг княги́ни, вероя́тно, зна́ли её́ причу́ды; но как всё э́то бы́ли лю́ди воспи́танные и учти́вые, то они уме́ли уважа́ть чужи́е ве́рования да́же в том слу́чае, е́сли э́ти ве́рования ре́зко расходи́лись с их со́бственными и не выде́рживали кри́тики.
      Ljúdi, sostavljávšije nebolʹšój, no óčenʹ ízbrannyj krug knjagíni, verojátno, ználi jejó pričúdy; no kak vsjo éto býli ljúdi vospítannyje i učtívyje, to oni uméli uvažátʹ čužíje vérovanija dáže v tom slúčaje, jésli éti vérovanija rézko rasxodílisʹ s ix sóbstvennymi i ne vydérživali krítiki.
      The people who made up the princess’s small but very select circle were probably aware of her whimsicality; but since they were all well-bred and courteous people, they knew enough to respect another’s beliefs, even in cases when those beliefs diverged sharply from their own and could not stand up under criticism.

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