добро

Nominalization of добъ́р (dobǎ́r) +‎ -о́ (-ó).

• IPA^(key): [doˈbrɔ]

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добро́ • (dobró) n (relational adjective добъ́р)

1. good, goodness

   за тво́е добро́

   za tvóe dobró

   for your own good, in your interest

   вся́ко зло за добро́

   vsjáko zlo za dobró

   a blessing in disguise

   (literally, “for each evil, there is a good”)

2. good omen
3. (uncountable) welfare

• добрина́ (dobriná, “good, kindness”)

• → Turkish: dobra

• “добро”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “добро”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• добро- (dobro-), бодро (bodro)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔbrɔ]
  • (Skopje) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔˑβ̞rɔ̩]

добро • (dobro) (comparative подобро, superlative најдобро)

1. well, alright, fine, okay

   Synonym: арно (arno)

   Antonym: недобро (nedobro)

добро • (dobro) n

1. (economics) good

Inherited from Old East Slavic добръ (dobrŭ), in turn from Proto-Slavic *dòbrъ.

• IPA^(key): [dɐˈbro]

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добро́ • (dobró) n inan (genitive добра́, uncountable)

1. good (that which is ethical or moral, the opposite of evil)
2. goods, property
3. stuff
4. (colloquial) green light, consent, permission, the OK

   Комите́т дал добро́ на пока́з но́вого фи́льма. ― Komitét dal dobró na pokáz nóvovo fílʹma. ― The committee has given the go-ahead for screening the new film.

5. the name of the letter д in the ancient Slavonic or old Russian alphabet

• → Armenian: դաբրո (dabro)
• → Ingrian: dobra

• добро́: IPA^(key): [dɐˈbro]

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• до́бро: IPA^(key): [ˈdobrə]

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добро́ or до́бро • (dobró or dóbro)

1. okay

добро́ or до́бро • (dobró or dóbro)

1. kindly

добро́ or до́бро • (dobró or dóbro)

1. short neuter singular of до́брый (dóbryj)

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: доб‧ро

до̀бро m inan (Latin spelling dòbro)

1. Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.

From до̏бар.

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: доб‧ро

до̀бро n (Latin spelling dòbro)

1. property, estate
2. well-being, welfare, sake

From до̏бар.

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/

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• Hyphenation: доб‧ро

до̀бро (Latin spelling dòbro)

1. well

до̀бро (Latin spelling dòbro)

1. okay, all right, very well

Borrowed from English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: доб‧ро

до̀бро m inan (Latin spelling dòbro)

1. dobro (acoustic guitar)

• “добро”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “добро”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “добро”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “добро”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Old East Slavic добръ (dobrŭ), in turn from Proto-Slavic *dòbrъ.

• IPA^(key): [dɔˈbrɔ]

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добро́ • (dobró) n inan (genitive добра́, uncountable)

1. good (that which is correct or helpful)
2. goods, property

• добро́бут (dobróbut)
• добро́дій (dobródij)
• до́брий (dóbryj)
• доброта́ (dobrotá)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “добро”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “добро”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “добро”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “добро”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)