хоробрый

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic хоробръ (xorobrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xorbrъ. Cognate with Belarusian харо́бры (xaróbry).

Doublet of хра́брый (xrábryj, brave), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

хоро́брый (xoróbryj)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) brave, courageous

Declension

References

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