Qualities

fresh

Source:*svěžьProto-Slaviccertain

Czech čerstvý once meant 'firm, vigorous', which became 'fresh'; Russian took the same root to 'hard, stale'.

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English

fresh

Polish

świeży

ˈɕfjɛʐɨ

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
све́жийsvežij
ˈsvʲeʐɨjinherited
Ukrainian
сві́жийsvižyj
ˈsʋʲiʒɪjinherited
Polish
świeży
ˈɕfjɛʐɨinherited
Czech
čerstvý
ˈtʃɛrstviːdifferent word · the root of Russian чёрствый 'stale' (Proto-Slavic 'firm, hard')
False friend: Czech čerstvý chléb is fresh bread, Russian чёрствый хлеб is stale.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
svjež / svežсвјеж / свеж
svjeʒinherited
English
fresh

Russian чёрствый “stale (of bread); callous”Polish czerstwy “stale (of bread); hale, ruddy (of a person)”Czech čerstvý “fresh”
Russian 'fresh' is све́жий and Polish 'fresh' is świeży; Czech stale bread is okoralý or tvrdý chléb.