количество

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коли́чество (kolíčestvo).

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Noun

коли́чество (kolíčestvon (relational adjective коли́чествен)

  1. quantity, number, amount

Declension

References

  • количество”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • количество”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (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)

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 (méra), число́ (čisló)

Declension