трезвый

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѣзвъ (trězvŭ), from Proto-Slavic *terzvъ. Doublet of тверёзый (tverjózyj), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtrʲezvɨj]
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Adjective

тре́звый • (trézvyj) (comparative (по)трезве́е or (по)трезве́й)

  1. sober
    • 1902, Леонид Андреев, Город; English translation from W. H. Lowe, transl., The City, London: Francis Griffith, 1910:
      По ночам Петров иногда выходил гулять, и швейцар Иван не понимал этих прогулок, так как возвращался Петров всегда трезвый и всегда один — без женщины.
      Po nočam Petrov inogda vyxodil guljatʹ, i švejcar Ivan ne ponimal etix progulok, tak kak vozvraščalsja Petrov vsegda trezvyj i vsegda odin — bez ženščiny.
      At night Petrov sometimes went for a walk, and Ivan the porter could not understand these walks, since Petrov always returned sober, and—alone.

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трезвый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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