презирство

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic прѣзирати (prězirati) +‎ -ство (-stvo).[1] Compare Russian презре́ние (prezrénije), Serbo-Croatian прѐзирати.

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Noun

прези́рство (prezýrstvon inan (genitive прези́рства, uncountable)

  1. contempt, scorn, disdain
    Synonym: знева́га f (zneváha)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “презирство”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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