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russian word

combat, battle in Russian: боевой

adjectivelevel C1#857 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

Лётчики получили первое боевое задание. The pilots received their first combat mission.

Солдатам выдали боевое оружие. The soldiers were issued combat weapons.

Бабушка у нас боевая, никого не боится. Our grandmother is feisty; she is not afraid of anyone.

Команда вышла на поле в боевом настроении. The team took the field in a fighting mood.

What does боевой mean in Russian?

01

combat, battle (military)

Лётчики получили первое боевое задание.

The pilots received their first combat mission.

Солдатам выдали боевое оружие.

The soldiers were issued combat weapons.

02

spirited, feisty, fighting (of a person or mood)

colloquial

Бабушка у нас боевая, никого не боится.

Our grandmother is feisty; she is not afraid of anyone.

Команда вышла на поле в боевом настроении.

The team took the field in a fighting mood.

Declension of боевой

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

mascneutfemplural
nomбоевойбоевоебоеваябоевые
genбоевогобоевогобоевойбоевых
datбоевомубоевомубоевойбоевым
accбоевой / боевогобоевоебоевуюбоевые / боевых
insбоевымбоевымбоевой / (боевою)боевыми
prepбоевомбоевомбоевойбоевых