естьство

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From естъ (estŭ), the third-person singular present бꙑти (byti, “to be”) +‎ -ьство (-ĭstvo). Calque of Byzantine Greek οὐσίᾱ (ousíā).[1][2]

Noun

естьство • (estĭstvo) n

  1. essence, substance
  2. nature (key characteristics of something or something's natural behavior)
    • 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 490, line 6:
      дьньсь чловѣчьско ѥстъство •отъ диꙗволꙗ противъства свободивъ
      dĭnĭsĭ člověčĭsko jestŭstvo •otŭ dijavolja protivŭstva svobodivŭ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. quality, feature, trait
    • 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 337, line 23:
      младеништъ бо ѥстьство • не вѣстъ пронꙑриꙗ ни проскоупьства имѣти
      mladeništŭ bo jestĭstvo • ne věstŭ pronyrija ni proskupĭstva iměti
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (collective) creatures (living beings)
  5. reality, fact
    • 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 502, line 1:
      не моштьна и чоудьна вѣштаѥши • и бъхма не видима естьства
      ne moštĭna i čudĭna věštaješi • i bŭxma ne vidima estĭstva
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of естьство (o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative естьство
estĭstvo 		естьствѣ
estĭstvě 		естьства
estĭstva
genitive естьства
estĭstva 		естьствоу
estĭstvu 		естьствъ
estĭstvŭ
dative естьствоу
estĭstvu 		естьствома
estĭstvoma 		естьствомъ
estĭstvomŭ
accusative естьство
estĭstvo 		естьствѣ
estĭstvě 		естьства
estĭstva
instrumental естьствомъ
estĭstvomŭ 		естьствома
estĭstvoma 		естьствꙑ
estĭstvy
locative естьствѣ
estĭstvě 		естьствоу
estĭstvu 		естьствѣхъ
estĭstvěxŭ
vocative естьство
estĭstvo 		естьствѣ
estĭstvě 		естьства
estĭstva

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Havlová, Eva, editor (1995), “estъ”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 5 (istopiti sę – klęti), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 283
  2. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jestestwo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 213

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