лєпши

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak lepší, from Proto-Slavic *lěpьjь. Cognates include Polish lepszy, Czech and Slovak lepší.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʎɛpʃi]
• Rhymes: -ɛpʃi
• Hyphenation: лєп‧ши

Adjective

лєпши (ljepši) (adverb лєпше)

1. comparative degree of добри (dobri): better

   Antonym: горши (horši)

   лєпша половка ― ljepša polovka ― better half

Derived terms

adjectives

• найлєпши (najljepši)

 

verbs

• злєпшац pf (zljepšac)
• злєпшовац impf (zljepšovac)
• лєпшац impf (ljepšac)
• полєпшац pf (poljepšac)
• полєпшовац impf (poljepšovac)

 

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “лєпши”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “better”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 37