добръ

• ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱏ (dobrŭ) — Glagolitic

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to match, to fit”).

добръ • (dobrŭ) (comparative добрѣи or лоучии or соулѣи or соул҄ии or оун҄ии)

1. good

   Antonym: зълъ (zŭlŭ)

   добръ чловѣкъ ― dobrŭ člověkŭ ― a good man

   добра волꙗ ― dobra volja ― goodwill

   добра землꙗ ― dobra zemlja ― fertile soil

   • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 12:35:

     Ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱏⰹ ⱍⰾ҃ⰲⰽⱏ ⱁⱅⱏ ⰴⱁⰱⱃⰰⰳⱁ ⱄⱏⰽⱃⱁⰲⰻⱎⱅⰰ ⰻⰸⱀⱁⱄⰻⱅⱏ ⰴⱁⰱⱃⰰⱑ ⰺ ⰸⱏⰾⱏⰹⱍ҃ⰾⰲⰽⱏ ⱁⱅⱏ ⰸⱏⰾⰰⰰⰳⱁ ⱄⱏⰽⱃⱁⰲⰻⱎⱅⰰ ⰻⰸⱀⱁⱄⰻⱅⱏ ⰸⱏⰾⰰⰰ҅ ·

     [Добръі чл҃вкъ отъ добраго съкровишта износитъ добраѣ ꙇ зълъіч҃лвкъ отъ зълааго съкровишта износитъ зълаа҅ ·]

     Dobry čl:vkŭ otŭ dobrago sŭkrovišta iznositŭ dobrajě i zŭlyč:lvkŭ otŭ zŭlaago sŭkrovišta iznositŭ zŭlhaa ·

     A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him

   • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Luke 8:15:

     ⰰ ⰵⰶⰵ ⱀⰰ ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱑ ⰸⰵⰿⰻ ⱄⰻⰻ ⱄⱘⱅⱐ · ⰺⰶⰵ ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱁⰿⱐ ⱄⱃⱏⰴⱐⱌⰵⰿⱏ ⰻ ⰱⰾⰰⰳⱁⰿⱐ · ⱄⰾⱏⰹⱎⰰⰲⱏⱎⰵ ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ ⰴⱃⱏⰶⱔⱅⱏ · ⰺ ⱂⰾⱁⰴⱏ ⱅⰲⱁⱃⱔⱅⱏ ⰲⱏ ⱅⱃⱏⱂⱑⱀⰻⰻ · ⁘ ⁘

     [а еже на добрѣ земи сии сѫть · ꙇже добромь сръдьцемъ и благомь · слъішавъше слово дръжѧтъ · ꙇ плодъ творѧтъ въ тръпѣнии · ⁘ ⁘]

     a eže na dobrě zemi sii sǫtĭ · iže dobromĭ srŭdĭcemŭ i blagomĭ · slyšavŭše slovo drŭžętŭ · i plodŭ tvorętŭ vŭ trŭpěnii · ⁘ ⁘

     But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop

2. beautiful

   Synonyms: доброличьнъ (dobroličĭnŭ), красьнъ (krasĭnŭ), лѣпъ (lěpŭ)

   Antonym: гнѫсьнъ (gnǫsĭnŭ)

   • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Luke 21:5:

     ⰺ҅ ⰵⰴⰻⱀⱑⰿⱏ ⰳⰾ҃ⱙⱎⱅⰵⰿⱐ ⱁ ⱌⱃ҃ⰽⰲⰻ · ⱑⰽⱁ ⰽⰰⰿⰵⱀⰻⰵⰿⱐ ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱁⰿⱐ ⰻ ⱄⱏⱄⱘⰴⱏⰹⱆⰽⱃⰰⱎⰵⱀⰰ ⰵⱄⱅⱏ · ⱃⰵⱍⰵ ·

     [ꙇ҅ единѣмъ гл҃ѭштемь о цр҃кви · ѣко камениемь добромь и съсѫдъіоукрашена естъ · рече ·]

     hi ediněmŭ gl:jǫštemĭ o cr:kvi · jěko kamenijemĭ dobromĭ i sŭsǫdyukrašena estŭ · reče ·

     Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said

   • 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 57, line 18:

     доидошꙙ и новосвѣтълꙑѧ благовѣрию подвижьникꙑ· ѥже доухомь господьн҄емь ꙁлатꙑ строуѧ· добрꙑѧ цвѣтьцꙙ крьстиꙗномъ·

     doidošę i novosvětŭlyję blagověriju podvižĭniky· ježe duxomĭ gospodĭnʹjemĭ zlaty struję· dobryję cvětĭcę krĭstijanomŭ·

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “добръ”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
• Havlová, Eva, editor (1992), “dobrъ”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 3 (dělo – gospodь), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 137
• “добръ”, in Исторически речник на българския език [Historical Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

• Hyphenation: до‧бръ

добръ (dobrŭ)

1. good
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎^[1], page 1:

     Добро есть, братиѥ, почѥтаньѥ книжьноѥ։ паче вьсѧкомоу хрьстьꙗноу·

     Dobro jestĭ, bratije, počjetanĭje knižĭnoje։ pače vĭsękomu xrĭstĭjanu·

     The reading of books is good, brothers: more so for any Christian.

• Old Ruthenian: добрый (dobryj)
  • Belarusian: до́бры (dóbry)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: до́брый (dóbrŷj)
  • Ukrainian: до́брий (dóbryj)
• Russian: до́брый (dóbryj)
  • Russenorsk: daabra, dobra
  • Solombala English: добра (dobra)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “добръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 681