добра
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian до́бре (dóbre), from Old Polish dobrze, from Proto-Slavic *dobrě, from *dobrъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdobra]
Adverb
до́бра • (dóbra) (comparative лепш or дабрэ́й, superlative найле́пш or найдабрэ́й)
- well
- Antonym: дрэ́нна (drénna)
- (colloquial) very much, a lot (used with verbs)
- (nominalised) B (academic grade)
Interjection
до́бра • (dóbra)
References
- “добра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Bulgarian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [doˈbra]
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Adjective
добра́ • (dobrá) f
- feminine singular of добъ́р (dobǎ́r)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Portuguese dobra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɔbrɐ]
Noun
до́бра • (dóbra) f
- dobra (currency of São Tomé and Príncipe)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | до́бра dóbra |
до́бри dóbri |
definite | до́брата dóbrata |
до́брите dóbrite |
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɔbra]
Adjective
добра • (dobra)
- indefinite feminine singular of добар (dobar)
Noun
добра • (dobra)
- inflection of добро n (dobro):
- indefinite plural
- vocative plural
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɐˈbra]
Etymology 1
Noun
добра́ • (dobrá) n inan
- genitive singular of добро́ (dobró)
Etymology 2
Adjective
добра́ • (dobrá)
- short feminine singular of до́брый (dóbryj)
Solombala English
Etymology
Inherited from Russian добра́ (dobrá), short feminine singular of до́брый (dóbryj, “good”). Cognate with Russenorsk dobra, daabra (“good”).
Adjective
добра (dobra)
- good
- Synonym: гудъ (gud)
- Больше добра. ― Bolʹše dobra. ― Very good.
- 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала, зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala, in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
References
- Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)[1], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, , →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98