старость
See also: старостъ
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *starostь, from *starъ + *-ostь.
Noun
старость • (starostĭ) f
References
- Старославянский слова́рь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язы́к, Москва́ 1994
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *starostь, from *starъ + *-ostь. Synchronically analyzable as ста́рый (stáryj) + -ость (-ostʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstarəsʲtʲ]
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Noun
ста́рость • (stárostʹ) f inan (genitive ста́рости, uncountable)
- old age
- старость — не радость (proverb) ― starostʹ — ne radostʹ ― old age, boy, is no joy
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- dilapidation, decrepitude
- (informal) the elderly
Declension
Declension of ста́рость (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ста́рость stárostʹ |
| genitive | ста́рости stárosti |
| dative | ста́рости stárosti |
| accusative | ста́рость stárostʹ |
| instrumental | ста́ростью stárostʹju |
| prepositional | ста́рости stárosti |
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