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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic льсть (lĭstĭ), from Proto-Slavic *lьstь. According to Vasmer, a link with German List is possible.
Pronunciation
Noun
лесть • (lestʹ) f inan (genitive ле́сти, nominative plural ле́сти, genitive plural ле́стей)
- flattery, adulation, cajolery
1906, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], “3”, in Штабс-капитан Рыбников; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., Captain Ribnikov, 1916:Убеди́вшись, что лесть ему́ не помога́ла, он тепе́рь про́бовал довести́ штабс-капита́на до открове́нности, дразня́ и возбужда́я его́ патриоти́ческие чу́вства.- Ubedívšisʹ, što lestʹ jemú ne pomogála, on tepérʹ próboval dovestí štabs-kapitána do otkrovénnosti, draznjá i vozbuždája jevó patriotíčeskije čúvstva.
- Convinced that flattery had been of no avail, he now tried to draw the captain to frankness, by teasing and rousing his feelings of patriotism.
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лесть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress