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Ukrainian
Etymology
From во́їн (vójin, “warrior, soldier”) + -ство (-stvo). Compare Russian во́инство (vóinstvo), Belarusian во́інства (vóinstva).
Pronunciation
Noun
во́їнство • (vójinstvo) n inan (genitive во́їнства, nominative plural во́їнства, genitive plural во́їнств)
- (military, collective, literary, formal) forces, host, soldiery, troops (soldiers considered as a group)
- Synonyms: ві́йсько (víjsʹko), воя́цтво (vojáctvo)
Declension
Declension of во́їнство (inan hard neut-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “воїнство”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “воїнство”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “воїнство”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “воїнство”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “воїнство”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “воїнство”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “воїнство”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)