Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *krěpъkъ.

Adjective edit

крѣпъкъ (krěpŭkŭ) (comparative крѣпл҄ии or крѣпѣи or крѣплѣи or крѣпъчаи)

  1. strong, healthy, powerful
  2. vigorous
    • from the Slavonic Josephus:
      Наутрия вышедъше нападоша на римляны велми крѣпле.
      Nautrija vyšedŭše napadoša na rimljany velmi krěple.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • lines 112-115, from the Primary Chronicle:
      ѡльга же ꙋстреми сѧ съ сꙑнъмъ своимъ, а деревлѧне затвориша сѧ въ градѣ и борѧху сѧ крѣпко изъ града.
      olĭga že ustremi sę sŭ synŭmŭ svoimŭ, a derevlęne zatvoriša sę vŭ gradě i boręxu sę krěpko izŭ grada.
      Olga set forth with her son, but the Derevlians holed up in their stronghold and fought strenuously from their fortress.

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Russian: крепкий (krepkij)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: кре̏пак
    Latin script: krȅpak
  • Bulgarian: крепък (krepǎk)

References edit

  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004
  • Old Russian: Base Form Dictionary
  • S. C. Gardiner, Old church Slavonic: an elementary grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1984.