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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *krotostь.
Noun
кротость • (krotostĭ) f
- meekness
References
- Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кротость (krotostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *krotostь.
Pronunciation
Noun
кро́тость • (krótostʹ) f inan (genitive кро́тости, nominative plural кро́тости, genitive plural кро́тостей)
- meekness
Declension
References
- Filkova, Penka (1986) “кротость”, in Starobolgarizmy i cerkovnoslavjanizmy v leksike russkovo literaturnovo jazyka (in Russian), volume 2, Sofia: Sofijski universitet „Kliment Ohridski“, page 563