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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krasivъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *krasa (beauty) + *-ivъ.

Adjective

*krasivъ

  1. beautiful

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: красивъ (krasivŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: краси́в (krasív); краси́ф (krasíf), краси́ў (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: krásivý
    • Polish: krasiwo n, kraśivo n (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krasivъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 100
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “краси́вый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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