красный
Definitions
- 1.red
Кра́сная а́рмия
Krásnaja ármija — the Red Army
Кра́сная кни́га
Krásnaja kníga — the Red List (of threatened species)
кра́сная строка́
krásnaja stroká — indented line (traditionally inked in red in old manuscripts)
- 2.archaicpoeticbeautiful
кра́сна(я) де́вица
krásna(ja) dévica — beautiful girl
кра́сный у́гол
krásnyj úgol — icon corner
кра́сный това́р
krásnyj továr — cloth
- 3.a Red; a member of the Red Guard
Synonyms & related words
- инфракра́сный
- кра́сненький
- красне́ть
- красне́ться
- красни́ть
- краснова́тый
- краснота́
- красну́ха
- покрасне́ние
- покрасне́ть
- черво́нный
- а́лый
- краси́вый
- красноарме́ец
- бе́лый
Related words (10)
- прекра́сный
- краса́
- краса́вец
- краса́вица
- краси́вый
- кра́сить
- кра́ска
- красота́
- красо́тка
- кра́шеный
⚠️ False friend alert
- Looks like красив in Bulgarian — but there it means “beautiful”. Red vs beautiful (semantic drift).
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic красьнъ (krasĭnŭ), красьнꙑи (krasĭnyi, “beautiful, good”), from Proto-Slavic *krasьnъ (“beautiful”). The sense “red” is unique to Russian and did not develop in other Slavic descendants of *krasьnъ; first attested in 1515 in Muscovite diplomatic correspondence, it serves as the primary sense of the word in the modern Russian language. For sense development, compare кра́ска (kráska, “paint”), original sense hypothesized to be “blush” or “decoration”, and to кра́сить (krásitʹ, “to color”), original sense “to decorate”. Compare this relation to Turkish al (“red”) which in old times also used to refer to paint in general. Also compare Votic kauniz.
Forms
- кра́сныйcanonical
- krásnyjromanization
- (по)красне́еcomparative
- (по)красне́йcomparative
- красне́йшийsuperlative
- кра́сненькийdiminutive
- красню́щийaugmentative
- кра́сныйmasculine • nominative
- кра́сноеneuter • nominative
- кра́снаяfeminine • nominative
- кра́сногоgenitive • masculine • neuter
- кра́снойfeminine • genitive
- кра́сномуdative • masculine • neuter
- кра́снойdative • feminine
- кра́сногоaccusative • animate • masculine
- кра́сноеaccusative • neuter
- кра́снуюaccusative • feminine
- кра́сныйaccusative • inanimate • masculine
- кра́снымinstrumental • masculine • neuter
- кра́снойfeminine • instrumental
- кра́сноюfeminine • instrumental
- кра́сномmasculine • neuter • prepositional
- кра́снойfeminine • prepositional
- кра́сенmasculine • short-form
- красно́neuter • short-form
- кра́сноneuter • short-form
- красна́feminine • short-form
- красны́plural • short-form
- кра́сныplural • short-form
- кра́сныйdated • masculine • nominative
- кра́сноеdated • neuter • nominative
- кра́снаяdated • feminine • nominative
- кра́снагоdated • genitive • masculine • neuter
- кра́снойdated • feminine • genitive
- кра́сныхъdated • feminine • genitive • masculine • neuter
- кра́сномуdated • dative • masculine • neuter
- кра́снойdated • dative • feminine
- кра́снымъdated • dative • feminine • masculine • neuter
- кра́снагоaccusative • animate • dated • masculine
- кра́сноеaccusative • dated • neuter
- кра́снуюaccusative • dated • feminine
- кра́сныхъaccusative • animate • dated • feminine • masculine • neuter
- кра́сныйaccusative • dated • inanimate • masculine
- кра́снымъdated • instrumental • masculine • neuter
- кра́снойdated • feminine • instrumental
- кра́сноюdated • feminine • instrumental
- кра́снымиdated • feminine • instrumental • masculine • neuter
- кра́сномъdated • masculine • neuter • prepositional
- кра́снойdated • feminine • prepositional
- кра́сныхъdated • feminine • masculine • neuter • prepositional
- кра́сенъdated • masculine • short-form
- красно́dated • neuter • short-form
- кра́сноdated • neuter • short-form
- красна́dated • feminine • short-form
- красны́dated • feminine • masculine • neuter • short-form
- кра́сныdated • feminine • masculine • neuter • short-form
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | — | кра́сные, кра́сныя |
| Genitive | — | кра́сных |
| Dative | — | кра́сным |
| Accusative | — | кра́сных, кра́сные, кра́сныя |
| Instrumental | — | кра́сными |
| Prepositional | — | кра́сных |