благородный

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic благородьнъ (blagorodĭnŭ). By surface analysis, бла́го- (blágo-, “good”) +‎ род (rod, “birth”) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɫəɡɐˈrodnɨj]
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Adjective

благоро́дный • (blagoródnyj) (comparative (по)благоро́днее or (по)благоро́дней, superlative благоро́днейший)

  1. noble, aristocratic, wellborn (of the nobility, of the high-born class, especially in Russia before 1917)
    • 1883, w:Nikolai Leskov, Тупейный художник [The Toupee Artist]:
      Няня, впрочем, знала хорошие доводы, что мне такая свобода была бы совершенно неприлична. Доводы эти заключались в том, что я — дитя благородных родителей и отца моего все в городе знают.
      Njanja, vpročem, znala xorošije dovody, što mne takaja svoboda byla by soveršenno neprilična. Dovody eti zaključalisʹ v tom, što ja — ditja blagorodnyx roditelej i otca mojevo vse v gorode znajut.
      My nanny, however, knew good reasons why such freedom would be completely unbecoming for me. These reasons consisted of the fact that I was the child of wellborn parents and that everyone in the city knew my father.
  2. noble (in spirit), gentle
    благоро́дный посту́пок ― blagoródnyj postúpok ― noble act
  3. selfless, generous
  4. exceptional, outstandingly elegant
    благоро́дная красота́ ― blagoródnaja krasotá ― exceptional beauty
  5. (sciences, figurative) noble (having some special quality)
    благоро́дный га́з ― blagoródnyj gáz ― noble gas, inert gas

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

благоро́дный • (blagoródnyj) m anim (genitive благоро́дного, nominative plural благоро́дные, genitive plural благоро́дных, feminine благоро́дная)

  1. noble, aristocrat (member of the nobility, of the high-born class, especially in Russia before 1917)
  2. someone noble in spirit

Declension

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