синий

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *siňь.

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Adjective

си́ний (sínij) (comparative (по)сине́е or (по)сине́й, superlative сине́йший, diminutive си́ненький, augmentative синю́щий)

  1. deep blue
    синий:  
  2. indigo
    синий:  
  3. (colloquial, figuratively) dead (sense transferred from the bluish color of a dead person's face)
  4. (colloquial, figuratively) drunken, drunk (also acts as noun)
  5. (slang) being a thief belonging to the Russian mafia (from the blue color of the tattoos that cover his body)

Usage notes

  • Си́ний (Sínij) and голубо́й (golubój) (different shades of blue) are seen as distinct basic colors in Russian, as different from each other as blue and green would be for an English speaker; Russian does not have one single color term corresponding to blue.

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Colors in Russian · цвета́ (cvetá) (layout · text)
     бе́лый (bélyj)      се́рый (séryj)      чёрный (čórnyj)
             кра́сный (krásnyj); а́лый (ályj), багро́вый (bagróvyj), пунцо́вый (puncóvyj)              ора́нжевый (oránževyj); кори́чневый (koríčnevyj), бу́рый (búryj)              жёлтый (žóltyj); кре́мовый (krémovyj)
             жё̀лто-зелё́ный (žòlto-zeljónyj), сала́товый (salátovyj), лайм (lajm)              зелёный (zeljónyj)              мя̀тно-зелё́ный (mjàtno-zeljónyj), мя́тный (mjátnyj); тё̀мно-зелё́ный (tjòmno-zeljónyj), изумру́дный (izumrúdnyj)
             бирюзо́вый (birjuzóvyj); зеленова̀то-голубо́й (zelenovàto-golubój)              голубо́й (golubój)              си́ний (sínij)
             лило́вый (lilóvyj); инди́го (indígo)              пурпу́рный (purpúrnyj), мадже́нта (madžénta); фиоле́товый (fiolétovyj)              ро́зовый (rózovyj)