обстоятельство

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Russian

Etymology

From обстоя́ть (obstojátʹ) +‎ -тельство (-telʹstvo), a calque of French circonstance

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Noun

обстоя́тельство • (obstojátelʹstvo) n inan (genitive обстоя́тельства, nominative plural обстоя́тельства, genitive plural обстоя́тельств)

  1. circumstance (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event)
  2. (grammar, linguistics) adverbial modifier, adverb, adjunct

Declension

Declension of обстоя́тельство (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative обстоя́тельство
obstojátelʹstvo 		обстоя́тельства
obstojátelʹstva
genitive обстоя́тельства
obstojátelʹstva 		обстоя́тельств
obstojátelʹstv
dative обстоя́тельству
obstojátelʹstvu 		обстоя́тельствам
obstojátelʹstvam
accusative обстоя́тельство
obstojátelʹstvo 		обстоя́тельства
obstojátelʹstva
instrumental обстоя́тельством
obstojátelʹstvom 		обстоя́тельствами
obstojátelʹstvami
prepositional обстоя́тельстве
obstojátelʹstve 		обстоя́тельствах
obstojátelʹstvax

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