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Ukrainian
Etymology
By metathesis from Old East Slavic пакость (pakostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pakostь (“vicissitude”), whence also па́кість (pákistʹ). Likely formed in the northern dialects, as it has the suffix -ость (-ostʹ) rather than the expected -ість (-istʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́пость • (kápostʹ) f inan (genitive ка́пості or ка́пости, nominative plural ка́пості, genitive plural ка́постей)
- (colloquial, countable) dirty/mean trick
- (derogatory, uncountable) filth
Declension
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “ка́пость”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 375
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ка́пость”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ка́пость”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “ка́пость”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN