правительство

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Russian

Etymology

From пра́вить (právitʹ) +‎ -тельство (-telʹstvo).

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  • Hyphenation: пра‧ви‧тель‧ство
  • Rhymes: -itʲɪlʲstvə

Noun

прави́тельство (pravítelʹstvon inan (genitive прави́тельства, nominative plural прави́тельства, genitive plural прави́тельств, relational adjective прави́тельственный)

  1. government, administration, cabinet
    Synonyms: власть (vlastʹ), нача́льник (načálʹnik), нача́льство (načálʹstvo); кабине́т (kabinét)
    • 1915, Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin, The Defeat of One’s Own Government in the Imperialist War:
      Революцио́нный класс в реакцио́нной войне́ не мо́жет не жела́ть пораже́ния своему́ прави́тельству.
      Revoljuciónnyj klass v reakciónnoj vojné ne móžet ne želátʹ poražénija svojemú pravítelʹstvu.
      During a reactionary war a revolutionary class cannot but desire the defeat of its government.
    • 1915, Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin, Socialism and War: The Attitude of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party Towards the War. Concerning Defeat of “One’s Own” Government in the Imperialist War:
      Револю́ционный класс в реакцио́нной войне́ не мо́жет не жела́ть пораже́ния своего́ прави́тельства, не мо́жет не ви́деть свя́зи его́ вое́нных неуда́ч с облегче́нием низверже́ния его́.
      Revoljúcionnyj klass v reakciónnoj vojné ne móžet ne želátʹ poražénija svojevó pravítelʹstva, ne móžet ne vídetʹ svjázi jevó vojénnyx neudáč s oblexčénijem nizveržénija jevó.
      A revolutionary class cannot but wish for the defeat of its government in a reactionary war, cannot fail to see that its military reverses facilitate its overthrow.

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Further reading

  • Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (1980) Грамматический словарь русского языка: Словоизменение [Grammar Dictionary of the Russian language: Inflection]‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Soviet Union, Moscow: Russian language, page 516a