холодный

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xoldьnъ. Doublet of хла́дный (xládnyj), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. By surface analysis, хо́лод (xólod) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

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Adjective

холо́дный (xolódnyj) (comparative (по)холодне́е or (по)холодне́й, superlative холодне́йший, adverb хо́лодно, abstract noun хо́лод, diminutive холо́дненький, augmentative холодню́щий)

  1. cold
    Coordinate terms: прохла́дный (proxládnyj, cool), теплова́тый (teplovátyj, lukewarm), тёплый (tjóplyj, warm), горя́чий (gorjáčij, hot), жа́ркий (žárkij, hot)
    холо́дное ору́жиеxolódnoje orúžijemelee weaponry / non-firearm weaponry
    • 1912, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], Дама в узах; English translation from Stephen Graham and Rosa Savory, transl., The Lady in Fetters, London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1915:
      Го́лос Оме́жиной был необыча́йно хо́лоден и ро́вен, каки́м быва́ет го́лос челове́ка, гото́вящегося к чему́-то значи́тельному.
      Gólos Oméžinoj byl neobyčájno xóloden i róven, kakím byvájet gólos čelovéka, gotóvjaščevosja k čemú-to značítelʹnomu.
      Her voice sounded unusually cold and unmoved—the voice of some one preparing for some significant action.

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