кількість

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ко́лкость (kólkostʹ), probably a calque of Middle Polish ilość, ultimately a calque of Latin quantitās, which is a calque of Ancient Greek ποσότης (posótēs). By surface analysis, кі́лько (kílʹko, how much, how many) +‎ -ість (-istʹ). Compare Old Church Slavonic количьство (količĭstvo), Russian коли́чество (kolíčestvo), similar calques from the same source.

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Noun

кі́лькість (kílʹkistʹf inan (genitive кі́лькості or кі́лькости, nominative plural кі́лькості, genitive plural кі́лькостей)

  1. quantity, number, amount
    Coordinate term: я́кість (jákistʹ)

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