терпеливый

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Russian

Etymology

From терпе́ть (terpétʹ) +‎ -ли́вый (-lívyj). Cognate with Ukrainian терпели́вий (terpelývyj), Belarusian цярплі́вы (cjarplívy), Polish cierpliwy, Slovak trpezlivý, Czech trpělivý, Macedonian трпелив (trpeliv), Bulgarian търпели́в (tǎrpelív), Slovene potrpežljīv, Serbo-Croatian стр̀пљив / Serbo-Croatian str̀pljiv.

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Adjective

терпели́вый (terpelívyj) (comparative (по)терпели́вее or (по)терпели́вей)

  1. patient (not losing one’s temper while waiting), enduring
    Antonym: нетерпели́вый (neterpelívyj)

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