страшный

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strašьnъ, from *straxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *strākš-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-.

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Adjective

стра́шный (strášnyj) (comparative (по)страшне́е or (по)страшне́й, adverb стра́шно, diminutive стра́шненький, augmentative страшню́щий)

  1. terrible, scary (+ instrumental or в (v) + prepositional, in (e.g. one's rage))
  2. ugly

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