| хорћшие глазђ | good eyes |
| зћркие глазђ | sharp, keen eyes |
| зћркий | sharp-eyed |
| глазђстый Colloquial; востроглђзый Colloquial | sharp-eyed |
| Вђся у нђс глазђстый, ничегћ не упџстит! | Our Vasya has sharp eyes — he won't miss a thing! |
NB The word глазђстый can also mean "having large eyes." | |
| плохќе глазђ | poor eyes, bad eyes |
| слепІе глазђ | blind eyes; blindness |
| подслеповђтые глазђ (or, more commonly, глђзки) | weak eyes |
| слепћй | blind |
| подслеповђтый | weak-eyed, having poor vision |
| слепотђ | blindness |
| безглђзый | having no eyes or weak-eyed |
NB The word безглђзый can also mean "absent-minded, one who doesn't notice things." | |
| бельмћ на глазџloc | walleye |
| бІть [no Pf.] слђб глазђмиi Old-fashioned or Colloquial | to be weak-eyed, to have poor vision |
| стђть слђб глазђмиi Old-fashioned or Colloquial | to become weak-eyed, to begin to have poor vision |
NB In the expressions describing the loss of an eye or eyes, listed below, only the context can clarify whether a loss of the eye itself is described, or the loss of sight in one or both eyes. | |
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оставђться/остђться без глђзаg;
терїть/потерїть глђзa; лишђться/лишќться глђзаg |
to lose an eye |
| слљпнуть/ослљпнуть на лљвый (or прђвый, or одќн) глђзa (or на ћба глђзаg) | to go blind in the left/right/one eye (or both eyes) |
| кривћй; одноглђзый | blind in one eye |
| окривљть [no Impf.] на лљвый (or прђвый) глђзa Colloquial | to become blind in the left/right eye |
| окривљвший (or кривћй) на лљвый (or прђвый) глђзa Colloquial | blind in left/right eye |
| пћртить/испћртить (себљd) глазђa | to ruin one's eyes/vision |
| щадќть/пощадќть глазђa | not to abuse one's eyes, to avoid abusing one's eyes |
| берљчь/сберљчь глазђa | to protect one's eyes, to take care of one's eyes |
| Чтћ же тІ не бережёшь (or пћртишь себљ) глазђ? Читђешь, когдђ темнћ! Пощадќ глазђ, другќх не кџпишь! | What are ruining your eyes for? Reading in the dark! Take care of your eyes, they're the only ones you've got (lit. "you can't buy others")! |
| близорџкие глазђ | nearsighted eyes |
| близорџкость | nearsightedness |
| близорџкий | nearsighted |
| дальнозћркие глазђ | farsighted eyes |
| дальнозћркость | farsightedness |
| дальнозћркий | farsighted |
| косІе глазђ | crossed eyes |
| косоглђзие | strabismus, the condition of being cross-eyed |
| косоглђзый | cross-eyed |
NB Косоглђзый is also a pejorative term for a person of Far Eastern origin, "slant-eyed." | |
| косќть [no Pf.]: у Ng глазђn косїт | N is cross-eyed |
| окосљть [no Impf.] Colloquial | to become cross-eyed; to lose sight in one eye |
NB The verb окосљть is also used colloquially to mean "to get drunk." | |
| дальтонќзм | color blindness, daltonism |
| дальтћник | one who is color-blind |
| трахћма | trachoma |
| глаукћма | glaucoma |
| кератќт | keratitis |
| катарђкта | cataract |
| снїть катарђкту | to remove a cataract |
| глазнћй врђч; глазнќк; окулќст Formal | eye doctor; optometrist; ophthalmologist |
NB Note that the Russian language (like Russian medical practice) does not make the distinction between optometrist and ophthalmologist. | |
| глазнІе кђпли | eye drops |
| очкќ | glasses |
| контђктные лќнзы | contact lenses |
| лџпа | magnifying glass |
| стеклїнный глђз; вставнћй глђз; глазнћй протљз | glass eye, artificial eye |
| кђпать/накђпать, закђпать кђплиa в глазђa | to put drops in someone's eyes |
| промывђть/промІть глазђa | to rinse out one's eyes |