красивый

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Russian

Etymology

краса́ (krasá) +‎ -и́вый (-ívyj). Cognates include Ukrainian краси́вий (krasývyj), Belarusian красі́вы (krasívy).

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Adjective

краси́вый (krasívyj) (comparative (по)краси́вее or (по)краси́вей or (по)кра́ше, superlative краси́вейший, adverb краси́во, diminutive краси́венький)

  1. beautiful, handsome
    • 1898, Антон Чехов, Крыжовник; English translation from S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan, transl., Gooseberries, 1920:
      Ивана Иваныча и Буркина встретила в доме горничная, молодая женщина, такая красивая, что они оба разом остановились и поглядели друг на друга.
      Ivana Ivanyča i Burkina vstretila v dome gorničnaja, molodaja ženščina, takaja krasivaja, što oni oba razom ostanovilisʹ i pogljadeli drug na druga.
      Ivan Ivanich and Bourkin were received by a chambermaid; such a pretty young woman that both of them stopped and exchanged glances.
  2. (ironic) fine

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  • Yakut: кыраһыабай (kırahıabay)