честолюбний

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From честь (čestʹ, honour) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ люби́ти (ljubýty, to love) +‎ -ний (-nyj). Compare Russian честолюби́вый (čestoljubívyj).

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Adjective

честолю́бний (čestoljúbnyj) (abstract noun честолю́бність)

  1. ambitious (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
    Synonyms: амбі́тний (ambítnyj), амбіці́йний (ambicíjnyj), самолю́бний (samoljúbnyj)

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