користолюбство
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Ukrainian
Etymology
From ко́ри́сть (kórýstʹ) + -о- (-o-) + люби́ти (ljubýty) + -ство (-stvo). Compare Russian корыстолю́бие (korystoljúbije), Belarusian карысталю́бства (karystaljúbstva).
Pronunciation
Noun
користолю́бство • (korystoljúbstvo) n inan (genitive користолю́бства, uncountable)
- acquisitiveness, avarice, cupidity, greed, moneygrubbing, self-interestedness
- Synonyms: кори́сливість f (korýslyvistʹ), (rare) своєкори́сливість f (svojekorýslyvistʹ)
Declension
Declension of користолю́бство (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | користолю́бство korystoljúbstvo |
| genitive | користолю́бства korystoljúbstva |
| dative | користолю́бству korystoljúbstvu |
| accusative | користолю́бство korystoljúbstvo |
| instrumental | користолю́бством korystoljúbstvom |
| locative | користолю́бстві korystoljúbstvi |
| vocative | користолю́бство korystoljúbstvo |
Related terms
- кори́сливий (korýslyvyj)
- кори́сливість f (korýslyvistʹ)
- користолю́бець m (korystoljúbecʹ), користолю́бка f (korystoljúbka)
- користолю́бний (korystoljúbnyj)
- ко́ри́сть f (kórýstʹ)
See also
- жа́ді́бність f (žádíbnistʹ)
- жадо́ба f (žadóba)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “користолюбство”, 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), “користолюбство”, 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), “користолюбство”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “користолюбство”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “користолюбство”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “користолюбство”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “користолюбство”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)