волость

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *volstь (rule). Doublet of власть (vlastʹ, power, authority), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

Noun

во́лость (vólostʹf inan (genitive во́лости, nominative plural во́лости, genitive plural волосте́й)

  1. (historical) volost, district, county

Declension

Descendants

  • Ingrian: volosti
  • Kazakh: болыс (bolys)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “волость”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *volstь (rule).

Pronunciation

Noun

во́лость (vólostʹf inan (genitive во́лості or во́лости, nominative plural во́лості, genitive plural волосте́й)

  1. (historical) volost, district, county

Declension