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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnostь. By surface analysis, лѣнъ (lěnŭ) + ость (ostĭ).
Noun
лѣность • (lěnostĭ) f
- laziness
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 192-196:
нъ чьто глаголѭтъ еретици мꙑ паче васъ бога молимъ и бъдимъ и молимъ сѧ а не живемъ въ лѣности ꙗкоже и вꙑ- nŭ čĭto glagoljǫtŭ eretici my pače vasŭ boga molimŭ i bŭdimŭ i molimŭ sę a ne živemŭ vŭ lěnosti jakože i vy
- What do the heretics say? ‘We pray to God more than you do, we keep vigils and prayers, we do not live in laziness as you do.’
Declension
Declension of лѣность (i-stem)
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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лѣность
lěnostĭ
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лѣности
lěnosti
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лѣности
lěnosti
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| genitive
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лѣности
lěnosti
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лѣностью, лѣностию
lěnostĭju, lěnostiju
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лѣностьи, лѣностии
lěnostĭi, lěnostii
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| dative
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лѣности
lěnosti
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лѣностьма
lěnostĭma
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лѣностьмъ
lěnostĭmŭ
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| accusative
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лѣность
lěnostĭ
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лѣности
lěnosti
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лѣности
lěnosti
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| instrumental
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лѣностьѭ, лѣностиѭ
lěnostĭjǫ, lěnostijǫ
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лѣностьма
lěnostĭma
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лѣностьми
lěnostĭmi
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| locative
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лѣности
lěnosti
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лѣностью, лѣностию
lěnostĭju, lěnostiju
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лѣностьхъ
lěnostĭxŭ
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| vocative
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лѣности
lěnosti
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лѣности
lěnosti
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лѣностьѥ, лѣностиѥ
lěnostĭje, lěnostije
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References
- Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994