краса

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See also: крася

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krasa.

Noun

краса (krasaf

  1. decoration

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krasa. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic краса (krasa) and Old Polish krasa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɑˈsɑ//kraˈsa//kraˈsa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /krɑˈsɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kraˈsa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kraˈsa/

  • Hyphenation: кра‧са

Noun

краса (krasaf

  1. beauty

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “краса”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1315

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic краса (krasa), from Proto-Slavic *krasa.

Pronunciation

Noun

краса́ (krasáf inan (genitive красы́, nominative plural красы́, genitive plural крас)

  1. (archaic) beauty
    во всей свое́й красе́vo vsej svojéj kraséin all one's beauty, in all one's glory

Declension

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Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic краса (krasa), from Proto-Slavic *krasa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

краса́ (krasáf inan (genitive краси́, uncountable)

  1. beauty (quality of being beautiful)
  2. glory, pride (most admirable member of a collective or part of a whole)
    Synonym: окра́са f (okrása)
  3. beauteousness, good looks, handsomeness, loveliness (attractive appearance of a person)
    Synonyms: вро́да f (vróda), уро́да f (uróda)
  4. (dated) beauty (beautiful female)
    Synonym: красу́ня f (krasúnja)
Declension

Etymology 2

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Adjective

кра́са (krása)

  1. feminine nominative singular of кра́сий (krásyj)

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