хубав

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably of Iranian origin (compare Persian خوب (“good”)), formally from Proto-Slavic *xubъ + -ав (-av). Cognate with Macedonian убав (ubav).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ху́бав • (húbav) (diminutive ху́бавичък, adverb ху́баво)

  1. pretty, lovely, fine-looking, beautiful, well-favoured, comely, sightly, handsome, good-looking
  2. good, fine, nice, sweet
    От хубави приказки файда няма.
    Ot hubavi prikazki fajda njama.
    Fair words butter no parsnips.
    Хубавите неща стават бавно.
    Hubavite nešta stavat bavno.
    Rome was not built in a day.
    (literally, “Good things happen slowly”)
    Хубаво време.
    Hubavo vreme.
    Fine weather.

Declension

Positive forms of ху́бав
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
indefinite ху́бав
húbav 		ху́бава
húbava 		ху́баво
húbavo 		ху́бави
húbavi
definite
(subject form) 		ху́бавият
húbavijat 		ху́бавата
húbavata 		ху́бавото
húbavoto 		ху́бавите
húbavite
definite
(object form) 		ху́бавия
húbavija
Comparative forms of ху́бав
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
indefinite по́-ху́бав
pó-húbav 		по́-ху́бава
pó-húbava 		по́-ху́баво
pó-húbavo 		по́-ху́бави
pó-húbavi
definite
(subject form) 		по́-ху́бавият
pó-húbavijat 		по́-ху́бавата
pó-húbavata 		по́-ху́бавото
pó-húbavoto 		по́-ху́бавите
pó-húbavite
definite
(object form) 		по́-ху́бавия
pó-húbavija
Superlative forms of ху́бав
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
indefinite на́й-ху́бав
náj-húbav 		на́й-ху́бава
náj-húbava 		на́й-ху́баво
náj-húbavo 		на́й-ху́бави
náj-húbavi
definite
(subject form) 		на́й-ху́бавият
náj-húbavijat 		на́й-ху́бавата
náj-húbavata 		на́й-ху́бавото
náj-húbavoto 		на́й-ху́бавите
náj-húbavite
definite
(object form) 		на́й-ху́бавия
náj-húbavija

Derived terms

References

  • “хубав”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “хубав”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хупавый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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