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Sentence #381286

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 Demetrius Demetrius April 22, 2010 April 22, 2010 at 1:30:46 AM UTC link Permalink

Лиха́ here is a short form of the archaic adjective 'лихая' (evil, bad), used as an attribute (such use is archaic). Literally means 'The beginning is a great trouble'.

Ooneykcall Ooneykcall March 10, 2014 March 10, 2014 at 3:20:16 PM UTC link Permalink

Кажется мне, поглядывая на понятные мне переводы, хоть и непрямые, что имелось в виду "доброе начало полдела откачало" (хорошее начало - половина победы), а "лиха беда начало", всегда мне думалось, значит, что начинать труднее всего, а дальше будет легче. Или у него фактически два различных, пусть и весьма схожих значения?

Horus Horus June 17, 2015 June 17, 2015 at 7:00:04 AM UTC link Permalink

Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted:
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Horus Horus October 1, 2016 October 1, 2016 at 1:50:03 PM UTC link Permalink

Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted:
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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #381285Een goed begin is het halve werk..

Лиха́ беда начало.

added by Demetrius, April 22, 2010
➜ #381285Een goed begin is het halve werk.

linked by Demetrius, April 22, 2010
➜ #381287Dimidium facti qui coepit habet.

linked by Demetrius, June 14, 2010
➜ #539752Эшне башлап җибәрү генә кыен.

linked by Demetrius, September 30, 2010
Лиха беда начало.

edited by corvard, November 29, 2013
➜ #3839570Vạn sự khởi đầu nan.

linked by Horus, June 17, 2015
➜ #21231Well begun is half done.

linked by odexed, July 20, 2015
➜ #571672Aller Anfang ist schwer.

linked by Horus, October 1, 2016
➜ #6054753El primer paso es el que cuesta.

linked by odexed, May 3, 2017