левый

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Russian

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Etymology

From лево́й (levój) (accent alignment – from пра́вый (právyj) – in pairs closely related in meaning) from Old East Slavic лѣвъ (lěvŭ, left, wrong, evil), from Proto-Slavic *lěvъ.

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Adjective

ле́вый (lévyj) (comparative (по)леве́е or (по)леве́й, superlative са́мый ле́вый)

  1. left, left-hand
    Antonym: пра́вый (právyj)
  2. (nautical) port
    Antonym: пра́вый (právyj)
  3. (politics) left-wing, leftist
    Antonym: пра́вый (právyj)
  4. counterfeit
  5. (slang) wrong, strange, fake, impertinent, unrelated
    Antonym: пра́вый (právyj)

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Noun

ле́вый (lévyjm inan (genitive ле́вого, nominative plural ле́вые, genitive plural ле́вых, feminine ле́вая)

  1. (politics) leftist, one who believes in the political left
    Antonym: пра́вый (právyj)

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