прелесть

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ лесть (lestʹ).

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Noun

пре́лесть • (prélestʹ) f inan (genitive пре́лести, nominative plural пре́лести, genitive plural пре́лестей)

  1. charm, fascination
    пре́лесть новизны́ ― prélestʹ novizný ― charm of novelty
  2. (in the plural) delights
    же́нские пре́лести (euphemism) ― žénskije prélesti ― woman's breasts
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) spiritual delusion, deception, conceit

Declension

Declension of пре́лесть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative пре́лесть
prélestʹ 		пре́лести
prélesti
genitive пре́лести
prélesti 		пре́лестей
prélestej
dative пре́лести
prélesti 		пре́лестям
prélestjam
accusative пре́лесть
prélestʹ 		пре́лести
prélesti
instrumental пре́лестью
prélestʹju 		пре́лестями
prélestjami
prepositional пре́лести
prélesti 		пре́лестях
prélestjax

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прелесть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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