великий

• вели́кій (velíkij) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velikъ.

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj]

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вели́кий • (velíkij) (comparative бо́лее вели́кий or бо́льший, superlative велича́йший, abstract noun величина́)

1. large, big

   Synonym: (more common in modern Russian) большо́й (bolʹšój)

2. great, outstanding

• The short form should not be conflated with the adjective вели́к (velík, “too big”), which has lexicalized as a short-form-only adjective in its own right.
• A special short form is found in the expression от ма́ла до вели́ка (ot mála do velíka, “all ages”, literally “from small to big”). Here ма́ла and вели́ка are old short genitives.

(big):

(great, outstanding):

• вели́к (velík)

From Proto-Slavic *velikъ.

• IPA^(key): [ʋeˈɫɪkei̯]

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вели́кий • (velýkyj) (comparative бі́льший, superlative найбі́льший, abstract noun величина́)

1. big, large

   Antonym: мали́й (malýj)

2. great, outstanding

• Вели́кдень (Velýkdenʹ)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “великий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “великий”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “великий”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)