количество

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коли́чество (kolíčestvo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -it͡ʃɛstvo
  • Syllabification(key): ко‧ли‧че‧ство
  • Hyphenation(key): ко‧ли‧чес‧тво

Noun

коли́чество (kolíčestvon (relational adjective коли́чествен)

  1. quantity, number, amount

Declension

Declension of коли́чество
singular plural
indefinite коли́чество
kolíčestvo
коли́чества
kolíčestva
definite коли́чеството
kolíčestvoto
коли́чествата
kolíčestvata

References

  • количество”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • количество”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

количество (količestvon (plural количества, relational adjective количествен)

  1. quantity, number, amount

Declension

Declension of количество
singular plural
indefinite количество (količestvo) количества (količestva)
definite unspecified количеството (količestvoto) количествата (količestvata)
definite proximal количествово (količestvovo) количествава (količestvava)
definite distal количествоно (količestvono) количествана (količestvana)
vocative количество (količestvo) количества (količestva)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic количьство (količĭstvo), a calque of Ancient Greek ποσότης (posótēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

количество (količestvon (related adjective количествови)

  1. quantity, amount
    Synonyms: винос (vinos), квантитет (kvantitet), (obsolete) кельосц (kelʹosc), сума (suma)

Declension

Declension of количество
singular plural
nominative количество (količestvo) количества (količestva)
genitive количества (količestva) количествох (količestvox)
dative количеству (količestvu) количеством (količestvom)
accusative количество (količestvo) количества (količestva)
instrumental количеством (količestvom) количествами (količestvami)
locative количестве (količestve) количествох (količestvox)
vocative количество (količestvo) количества (količestva)

References

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic количьство (količĭstvo), from колико (koliko) +‎ -ьство (-ĭstvo), which is a calque of Ancient Greek ποσότης (posótēs). Compare Latin quantitas.

Pronunciation

Noun

коли́чество (kolíčestvon inan (genitive коли́чества, nominative plural коли́чества, genitive plural коли́честв, relational adjective коли́чественный)

  1. quantity, number, amount
    Synonyms: ме́ра f (méra), число́ n (čisló), чи́сленность f (číslennostʹ)

Declension

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