добрый

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic добръ (dobrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Related to Latin faber (artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker, artificer, forger, smith), so doublet of фа́брика (fábrika, factory, plant, mill).

Also related to Russian до́ба (dóba, time), Russian сдо́ба (sdóba, shortening, cakes, buns), Russian удо́бный (udóbnyj, comfortable, convenient), Russian до́блесть (dóblestʹ, valour, prowess), Lithuanian dabà (habit, character), English daft, English deft.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: до́б‧рый
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Adjective

до́брый (dóbryj) (comparative (по)добре́е or (по)добре́й, superlative добре́йший, abstract noun доброта́, diminutive до́бренький)

  1. good
    Synonym: хоро́ший (xoróšij)
    Antonym: плохо́й (ploxój)
  2. benevolent, kind, kindly, good-hearted, kindhearted
    Synonyms: благожела́тельный (blagoželátelʹnyj), доброжела́тельный (dobroželátelʹnyj), доброду́шный (dobrodúšnyj), отзы́вчивый (otzývčivyj), серде́чный (serdéčnyj), добросерде́чный (dobroserdéčnyj), душе́вный (dušévnyj)
  3. pure, honest
    Synonyms: чи́стый (čístyj), че́стный (čéstnyj)
  4. (colloquial) good, solid
    идти́ до́брых де́сять киломе́тровidtí dóbryx désjatʹ kilométrovto walk a good/solid ten kilometres

Declension

Descendants

  • Russenorsk: daabra, dobra
  • Solombala English: добра (dobra)

References

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