Jump to content

суровый

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Russian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic суровъ (surovŭ), itself inherited from Proto-Slavic *surovъ.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [sʊˈrovɨj]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

[edit]

суро́вый (suróvyj) (comparative (по)суро́вее or (по)суро́вей, superlative суро́вейший, adverb суро́во, abstract noun сурово́сть)

  1. severe, strict, harsh, stern, austere, rigorous
  2. severe, inclement
  3. stern, inexorable, severe
  4. unbleached, brown (cloth)

Declension

[edit]

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “суровый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “суровый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 219