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Russian
Etymology
весёлый (vesjólyj) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
весёлость • (vesjólostʹ) f inan (genitive весёлости, nominative plural весёлости, genitive plural весёлостей)
- cheerfulness, merriment
1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XVI, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:Тёплый осе́нний день ра́довал её, и каза́лось, что она́ несёт с собо́ю и распространя́ет вокру́г себя́ сво́йственный ей дух весёлости.- Tjóplyj osénnij denʹ rádoval jejó, i kazálosʹ, što oná nesjót s sobóju i rasprostranjájet vokrúg sebjá svójstvennyj jej dux vesjólosti.
- The warm autumn day gladdened her and it seemed as if she were bringing with her and spreading around her her own spirit of gaiety.
Declension