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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic воиско (voisko), from Proto-Slavic *vojьsko.
Pronunciation
Noun
во́йско • (vójsko) n inan (genitive во́йска, nominative plural войска́, genitive plural войск, relational adjective войсково́й)
- (military) army, host
- Synonym: а́рмия (ármija)
- (in the plural) troops, forces
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “войско”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “войско”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “война”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162