помешательство

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Russian

Etymology

помеша́ть(ся) (pomešátʹ(sja)) +‎ -тельство (-telʹstvo)

Pronunciation

Noun

помеша́тельство (pomešátelʹstvon inan (genitive помеша́тельства, nominative plural помеша́тельства, genitive plural помеша́тельств)

  1. madness, insanity
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 7”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      Она скончалась в Париже, в состоянии близком к помешательству.
      Ona skončalasʹ v Pariže, v sostojanii blizkom k pomešatelʹstvu.
      She had died in Paris in a state bordering on insanity.
  2. (colloquial) obsession, passion (for something)

Declension