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Ukrainian
Etymology
From звір (zvir, “beast”) + -ство (-stvo). Compare Russian зве́рство (zvérstvo), Belarusian зве́рства (zvjérstva).
Pronunciation
Noun
зві́рство • (zvírstvo) n inan (genitive зві́рства, nominative plural зві́рства, genitive plural звірств)
- atrocity (extreme cruelty)
- Synonyms: лиході́йство n (lyxodíjstvo), лю́тість f (ljútistʹ), жорсто́кість f (žorstókistʹ)
- atrocity (extremely cruel act)
- Synonym: злодія́ння n (zlodijánnja)
Declension
Declension of зві́рство (inan hard neut-form accent-a)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “звірство”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “звірство”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “звірство”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “звірство”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “звірство”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)