молодой

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Russian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moldъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (soft, weak), whence English mild, melt and mollify. Doublet of младо́й (mladój), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Adjective

молодо́й (molodój) (comparative (по)моло́же or (по)мла́дше, superlative са́мый молодо́й, diminutive моло́денький)

  1. young
  2. youthful
  3. new
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Etymology 2

Noun

молодо́й (molodójf anim

  1. genitive/dative/instrumental/prepositional singular of молода́я (molodája)