хубав
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably of Iranian origin (compare Persian خوب (“good”)), formally from Proto-Slavic *xubъ + -ав (-av). Cognate with Macedonian убав (ubav).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ху́бав • (húbav) (diminutive ху́бавичък, adverb ху́баво)
- pretty, lovely, fine-looking, beautiful, well-favoured, comely, sightly, handsome, good-looking
- 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
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| 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 | |||
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| 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 | |||
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| 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
[edit]- хубаве́ц m (hubavéc), хубави́ца f (hubavíca, “handsome one”)
- хубаве́я се (hubavéja se, “to get handsome”)
- разхубавя́ (razhubavjá, “to make handsome”)
Related terms
[edit]- ху́бост (húbost, “beauty”)
References
[edit]- “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
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хупавый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress