Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic *кра́съка (*krásŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kràsъka, from *krāsà.[1][2] By surface analysis, краса́ (krasá) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognate with Russian кра́ска (kráska).

Noun

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краска (kraskaf inan

  1. paint, dye, ink
  2. colors
  3. flower, flowering plant

Descendants

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  • Belarusian: кра́ска (kráska) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: кра́ска (kráska)

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krasъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 105:ст.-блр. краскаst.-blr. kraska
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “кра́ска”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 114

Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “краска”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 93
  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “краска”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 82

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Russian кра́ска (kráska), from Old East Slavic *кра́съка (*krásŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kràsъka, from *krāsà.

краса́ (krasá, beauty) +‎ -ка (-ka), first attested in the 15th century; original sense is hypothesized to be “blush” or “decoration”.

Compare sense development to кра́сный (krásnyj, red), original sense “beautiful, good”, and to кра́сить (krásitʹ, to color), original sense “to decorate”.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkraskə]
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Noun

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кра́ска (kráskaf inan (genitive кра́ски, nominative plural кра́ски, genitive plural кра́сок, relational adjective кра́сочный, diminutive кра́сочка)

  1. paint, dye, ink
  2. colors
  3. blush, flush (complexion)

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Descendants

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References

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  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “краска”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 373

Further reading

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  • краска in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru