тесный

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тѣснъ (těsnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *těsnъ (“narrow”). According to Václav Machek, it is related to Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow, tight”), thus making both derive from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲesnɨj]
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Adjective

те́сный • (tésnyj) (comparative (по)тесне́е or (по)тесне́й, superlative са́мый те́сный)

  1. tight, close, narrow
  2. small
    мир те́сен ― mir tésen ― it's a small world

Usage notes

The short form should not be conflated with the adjective те́сен (tésen, “too tight”), which has lexicalized as a short-form-only adjective in its own right.

Declension
Declension of те́сный (short class cʹ*)
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative те́сный
tésnyj		 те́сное
tésnoje		 те́сная
tésnaja		 те́сные
tésnyje
genitive те́сного
tésnovo		 те́сной
tésnoj		 те́сных
tésnyx
dative те́сному
tésnomu		 те́сной
tésnoj		 те́сным
tésnym
accusative animate те́сного
tésnovo		 те́сное
tésnoje		 те́сную
tésnuju		 те́сных
tésnyx
inanimate те́сный
tésnyj		 те́сные
tésnyje
instrumental те́сным
tésnym		 те́сной, те́сною
tésnoj, tésnoju		 те́сными
tésnymi
prepositional те́сном
tésnom		 те́сной
tésnoj		 те́сных
tésnyx
short form те́сен
tésen		 те́сно
tésno		 тесна́
tesná		 тесны́, те́сны
tesný, tésny

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References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тесный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тесный”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 240
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