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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic пакость (pakostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pakostь (“vicissitude”).
Pronunciation
Noun
па́кость • (pákostʹ) f inan (genitive па́кости, nominative plural па́кости, genitive plural па́костей, relational adjective па́костный)
- filth
- dirty/mean trick
де́лать па́кости- délatʹ pákosti
- play dirty/mean tricks
- filthy language
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Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пакость”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress