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Russian
Etymology
бес- (bes-) + па́мять (pámjatʹ) + -ство (-stvo)
Pronunciation
Noun
беспа́мятство • (bespámjatstvo) n inan (genitive беспа́мятства, nominative plural беспа́мятства, genitive plural беспа́мятств)
- unconsciousness, swoon
1887, Николай Лесков, “Глава пятая”, in Человек на часах; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., The Sentry, 1923:Тот, кото́рого спасли́, был и тепе́рь весь мо́крый, иззя́бший и изнемо́гший. От испу́га и от стра́шных уси́лий, он впал в беспа́мятство и для него́ бы́ло безразли́чно, кто спаса́л его́.- Tot, kotórovo spaslí, byl i tepérʹ vesʹ mókryj, izzjábšij i iznemógšij. Ot ispúga i ot strášnyx usílij, on vpal v bespámjatstvo i dlja nevó býlo bezrazlíčno, kto spasál jevó.
- The man who had been saved was still quite wet, shivering and exhausted. From fright and owing to his terrible efforts he fell into a sort of unconsciousness, and it was quite indifferent to him who had saved him.
- forgetfulness
- frenzy
Declension