хубав

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈxubɐf]

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.
    Хубаво време.
    Hubavo vreme.
    Fine weather.

Declension
Positive forms of ху́бав
masculine feminine neuter plural
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
masculine feminine neuter plural
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
masculine feminine neuter plural
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
  • хубаве́ц m (hubavéc), хубави́ца f (hubavíca, “handsome one”)
  • хубаве́я се (hubavéja se, “to get handsome”)
  • разхубавя́ (razhubavjá, “to make handsome”)
  • ху́бост (húbost, “beauty”)

References
  • “хубав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “хубав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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