крупный

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krupьnъ. By surface analysis, круп(а) (krup(a)) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

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Adjective

кру́пный (krúpnyj) (comparative (по)крупне́е or (по)крупне́й, superlative крупне́йший)

  1. coarse, coarse-grained
    Synonyms: гру́бый (grúbyj), крупнозернистый (krupnozernistyj)
  2. big, massive; numerous; large-scale
    Synonyms: большо́й (bolʹšój), масси́вный (massívnyj), многочи́сленный (mnogočíslennyj), крупномасшта́бный (krupnomasštábnyj)
  3. important, prominent, great
    Synonyms: значи́тельный (značítelʹnyj), выдаю́щийся (vydajúščijsja), ва́жный (vážnyj), заме́тный (zamétnyj), суще́ственный (suščéstvennyj)

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