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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic хорошь (xorošĭ) (13th century), from Proto-Slavic *xoroščьnъ. Compare Russian, Ukrainian хоро́ший (xoróšyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
харо́шы • (xaróšy) (comparative лепш or ле́пшы or харашэ́й, superlative найле́пшы or харашэ́йшы, adverb хо́раша)
- beautiful, handsome
- Synonyms: прыго́жы (pryhóžy), выда́тны (vydátny), красі́вы (krasívy), урадлі́вы (uradlívy), фа́йны (fájny)
- дзяўчы́на, харо́шая з тва́ру ― dzjaŭčýna, xaróšaja z tváru ― a girl with a beautiful face
- good, nice
- Synonyms: до́бры (dóbry), сла́ўны (sláŭny)
Usage notes
- Compared to its Russian or Ukrainian cognates, харо́шы (xaróšy) especially emphasizes the "beautiful" sense, while "good" is generally expressed instead using до́бры (dóbry).
- харашэ́й (xarašéj) and харашэ́йшы (xarašéjšy) pertain specifically to the "beautiful" sense, while ле́пшы (ljépšy) and найле́пшы (najljépšy) generally pertains more to the "good" sense.
Declension
Declension of харо́шы (hard)
References
- “харошы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org