бледный

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blědьnъ, from *blědъ + *-ьnъ.

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Adjective

бле́дный (blédnyj) (comparative (по)бледне́е or (по)бледне́й)

  1. pale
    • 1861, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть I. Глава IX”, in Униженные и оскорблённые; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Insulted and Humiliated, London: Heinemann, 1915:
      Она́ была́ бледна́ как мёртвая. Всё вре́мя, как разглаго́льствовал Алёша, она́ при́стально смотре́ла на него́; но взгляд её станови́лся всё мутне́е и неподви́жнее, лицо́ всё бледне́е и бледне́е.
      Oná bylá bledná kak mjórtvaja. Vsjo vrémja, kak razglagólʹstvoval Aljóša, oná prístalʹno smotréla na nevó; no vzgljad jejó stanovílsja vsjo mutnéje i nepodvížneje, licó vsjo blednéje i blednéje.
      She was pale as death. All the while Alyosha rambled on she was looking intently at him, but her eyes grew dimmer and more fixed, and her face turned whiter and whiter.

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  • Ingrian: blednoi