хубав

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably of Iranian origin (compare Persian خوب (“good”)), formally from Proto-Slavic *xubъ + -ав (-av). Cognate with Macedonian убав (ubav).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxubɐf]

Adjective

ху́бав • (húbav) (diminutive ху́бавичък, adverb ху́баво)

1. pretty, lovely, fine-looking, beautiful, well-favoured, comely, sightly, handsome, good-looking
2. 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

Positive forms of ху́бав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

Comparative forms of ху́бав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

Superlative forms of ху́бав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

• хубаве́ц m (hubavéc), хубави́ца f (hubavíca, “handsome one”)
• хубаве́я се (hubavéja se, “to get handsome”)
• разхубавя́ (razhubavjá, “to make handsome”)

Related terms

• ху́бост (húbost, “beauty”)

References

• “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