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Russian
Etymology
да́вний (dávnij) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
да́вность • (dávnostʹ) f inan (genitive да́вности, nominative plural да́вности, genitive plural да́вностей)
- remoteness (in time), antiquity; long standing; time limitation
- да́вность э́того обы́чая ― dávnostʹ étovo obýčaja ― the antiquity of this custom
- да́вность собы́тий ― dávnostʹ sobýtij ― remoteness of events
- десятиле́тняя да́вность ― desjatilétnjaja dávnostʹ ― ten years' prescription
- срок да́вности ― srok dávnosti ― statute of limitation
Declension