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Russian
Etymology
From обстоя́ть (obstojátʹ) + -тельство (-telʹstvo), a calque of French circonstance
Pronunciation
Noun
обстоя́тельство • (obstojátelʹstvo) n inan (genitive обстоя́тельства, nominative plural обстоя́тельства, genitive plural обстоя́тельств)
- circumstance (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event)
1839, Виссарион Белинский , Русские журналы; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):«Совреме́нник» всегда́ бога́т хоро́шими оригина́льными статья́ми — обстоя́тельство, кото́рое даёт э́тому журна́лу высо́кую це́ну.- «Sovreménnik» vsegdá bogát xoróšimi originálʹnymi statʹjámi — obstojátelʹstvo, kotóroje dajót étomu žurnálu vysókuju cénu.
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- (grammar, linguistics) adverbial modifier, adverb, adjunct
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