чуткий

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čùtъkъ (“attentive, careful”). By surface analysis, чу́ять (čújatʹ) +‎ -кий (-kij).

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Adjective

чу́ткий • (čútkij) (rare/awkward comparative (по)чу́тче, adverb чу́тко, abstract noun чу́ткость)

  1. sensitive (of a person, instrument, etc.)
  2. sharp, keen (sense of hearing, smell, etc.)
    чу́ткая соба́ка ― čútkaja sobáka ― keen-nosed dog
  3. sympathetic, thoughtful, tactful
    чу́ткий подхо́д ― čútkij podxód ― tactful approach
  4. light (sleep)
    чу́ткий сон ― čútkij son ― light sleep

Declension

Declension of чу́ткий (short class c*)
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative чу́ткий
čútkij 		чу́ткое
čútkoje 		чу́ткая
čútkaja 		чу́ткие
čútkije
genitive чу́ткого
čútkovo 		чу́ткой
čútkoj 		чу́тких
čútkix
dative чу́ткому
čútkomu 		чу́ткой
čútkoj 		чу́тким
čútkim
accusative animate чу́ткого
čútkovo 		чу́ткое
čútkoje 		чу́ткую
čútkuju 		чу́тких
čútkix
inanimate чу́ткий
čútkij 		чу́ткие
čútkije
instrumental чу́тким
čútkim 		чу́ткой, чу́ткою
čútkoj, čútkoju 		чу́ткими
čútkimi
prepositional чу́тком
čútkom 		чу́ткой
čútkoj 		чу́тких
čútkix
short form чу́ток
čútok 		чу́тко
čútko 		чутка́
čutká 		чу́тки
čútki

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