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Ukrainian
Etymology
From ко́ри́сть (kórýstʹ) + -о- (-o-) + люби́ти (ljubýty) + -ець (-ecʹ). Compare Russian корыстолю́бец (korystoljúbec), Belarusian карысталю́бец (karystaljúbjec).
Pronunciation
Noun
користолю́бець • (korystoljúbecʹ) m pers (genitive користолю́бця, nominative plural користолю́бці, genitive plural користолю́бців, feminine користолю́бка)
- avaricious person, greedy person, moneygrubber
Declension
Declension of користолю́бець (pers soft masc-form accent-a reduc)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “користолюбець”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “користолюбець”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “користолюбець”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “користолюбець”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “користолюбець”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “користолюбець”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “користолюбець”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)