Belarusian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic хорошь (xorošĭ) (13th century), from Proto-Slavic *xoroščьnъ. Compare Russian, Ukrainian хоро́ший (xoróšyj).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

харо́шы (xaróšy) (comparative лепш or ле́пшы or харашэ́й, superlative найле́пшы or харашэ́йшы, adverb хо́раша)

  1. beautiful, handsome
    Synonyms: прыго́жы (pryhóžy), выда́тны (vydátny), красі́вы (krasívy), урадлі́вы (uradlívy), фа́йны (fájny)
    дзяўчы́на, харо́шая з тва́руdzjaŭčýna, xaróšaja z tvárua girl with a beautiful face
  2. good, nice
    Synonyms: до́бры (dóbry), сла́ўны (sláŭny)

Usage notes edit

  • Compared to its Russian or Ukrainian cognates, харо́шы (xaróšy) especially emphasizes the "beautiful" sense, while "good" is generally expressed instead using до́бры (dóbry).
  • харашэ́й (xarašéj) and харашэ́йшы (xarašéjšy) pertain specifically to the "beautiful" sense, while ле́пшы (ljépšy) and найле́пшы (najljépšy) generally pertains more to the "good" sense.

Declension edit

References edit

  • харошы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org