нравство

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic нравьство (nravĭstvo). By surface analysis, нрав (nrav) +‎ -ство (-stvo).

Pronunciation

Noun

нра́вство (nrávstvon inan (genitive нра́вства, uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) custom, practice
  2. (dialectal) mutual attraction, love

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References

  • Avanesov, R. I., Ulukhanov, I. S., Krysko, V. B., editors (1988–2019), “нравьство”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.) [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.)] (in Russian), volume, Moscow, →ISBN
  • Gerd A. S. et al., editors (1999), “нра́вство”, in Slovárʹ rússkix góvorov Karelii i sopredélʹnyx oblastéj (in Russian), volume 4, Saint Petersburg: Izdátelʹstvo SPbGU, page 52