Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ лесть (lestʹ).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈprʲelʲɪsʲtʲ]
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пре́лесть (prélestʹf inan (genitive пре́лести, nominative plural пре́лести, genitive plural пре́лестей)

  1. charm, fascination
    пре́лесть новизны́prélestʹ noviznýcharm of novelty
  2. (in the plural) delights
    же́нские пре́лести (euphemism)žénskije prélestiwoman's breasts
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) spiritual delusion, deception, conceit

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References edit

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