добро

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈbrɔ]
  • (file)

Noun

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

Declension

References

  • 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

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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

  1. well, alright, fine, okay
    Synonym: арно (arno)
    Antonym: недобро (nedobro)

Noun

добро • (dobro) n

  1. (economics) good

Declension

Russian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɐˈbro]
  • (file)

Noun

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
Declension
Descendants
  • Armenian: դաբրո (dabro)

Particle

добро́ • (dobró)

  1. okay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdobrə]
  • (file)

Adverb

до́бро • (dóbro)

  1. kindly

Adjective

до́бро • (dóbro)

  1. short neuter singular of до́брый (dóbryj)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

до̀бро m (Latin spelling dòbro)

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

Etymology 2

From до̏бар.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

до̀бро n (Latin spelling dòbro)

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

Etymology 3

From до̏бар.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

до̀бро (Latin spelling dòbro)

  1. well

Interjection

до̀бро (Latin spelling dòbro)

  1. okay, all right, very well

Pronunciation

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

Noun

до̀бро m (Latin spelling dòbro)

  1. dobro (acoustic guitar)

References

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɔˈbrɔ]
  • (file)

Noun

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

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

Declension

Further reading

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