Qualities

wise, clever

Source:*mǫdrъProto-Slaviccertain

The nasal ǫ survives as Polish ą; Czech turned the long u into ou.

I knowI'm learning

English

wise, clever

Polish

mądry

ˈmɔndrɨ

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
му́дрыйmudryj
ˈmudrɨjinherited
Bookish; 'clever' is у́мный.
Ukrainian
му́дрийmudryj
ˈmudrɪjinherited
Polish
mądry
ˈmɔndrɨinherited
The everyday Polish word for 'clever'.
Czech
moudrý
ˈmou̯driːinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
mudarмудар
ˈmudarinherited
English
wise, clever

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