прелесть

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprʲelʲɪsʲtʲ]
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Noun

пре́лесть • (prélestʹ) f inan (genitive пре́лести, nominative plural пре́лести, genitive plural пре́лестей)

  1. charm, fascination
    пре́лесть новизны́ ― prélestʹ novizný ― charm of novelty
  2. (in the plural) delights
    же́нские пре́лести (euphemism) ― žénskije prélesti ― woman's breasts
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) spiritual delusion, deception, conceit

Declension

Derived terms

References

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