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лепый

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic лѣпъ (lěpŭ, beautiful), from Proto-Slavic *lěpъ (beautiful). Akin to Russian лепи́ть (lepítʹ). Compare typologically Latin fōrmōsus, fōrmō (< fōrma). Also compare the second element of Greek όμορφος (ómorfos) (< Ancient Greek εὔμορφος (eúmorphos) < εὖ () + μορφή (morphḗ)) (for the first one see хоро́шенький (xoróšenʹkij), Latin bellus).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ле́пый (lépyj) (comparative ле́пший or (по)ле́пше or (по)ле́пее or (по)ле́пей, adverb ле́по)

  1. (archaic, poetic or ironic) beautiful
  2. (archaic, poetic or ironic) good; proper; useful

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Derived terms

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* analyzable, source-derived then inherited

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References

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

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