добра
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian до́бре (dóbre), from Old Polish dobrze, from Proto-Slavic *dobrě, from *dobrъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdobra]
Adverb
до́бра • (dóbra) (comparative лепш or дабрэ́й, superlative найле́пш or найдабрэ́й)
References
- “добра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [doˈbra]
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Portuguese dobra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɔbrɐ]
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɔbra]
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɐˈbra]
Solombala English
Etymology
Inherited from Russian добра́ (dobrá), short feminine singular of до́брый (dóbryj, “good”). Cognate with Russenorsk dobra, daabra (“good”).
Adjective
добра (dobra)
- good
- Synonym: гудъ (gud)
- Больше добра. ― Bolʹše dobra. ― Very good.
- 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
References
- Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88), reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, , →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98
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