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Russian
Etymology
просвети́ть (prosvetítʹ) + -е́ние (-énije)
Pronunciation
Noun
просвеще́ние • (prosveščénije) n inan (genitive просвеще́ния, nominative plural просвеще́ния, genitive plural просвеще́ний, relational adjective просвеще́нческий)
- enlightenment; education
1870, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Эпоха увольнения от войн”, in История одного города; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The History of a Town, Oxford: Willem A. Meeuws, 1980:Сверх того́, нача́льство, по-ви́димому, убеди́лось, что во́йны за просвеще́ние, обрати́вшиеся пото́м в во́йны про́тив просвеще́ния, уже́ насто́лько изнури́ли Глу́пов, что почу́вствовалась потре́бность на не́которое вре́мя его́ вообще́ от войн освободи́ть.- Sverx tovó, načálʹstvo, po-vídimomu, ubedílosʹ, što vójny za prosveščénije, obratívšijesja potóm v vójny prótiv prosveščénija, užé nastólʹko iznuríli Glúpov, što počúvstvovalasʹ potrébnostʹ na nékotoroje vrémja jevó voobščé ot vojn osvobodítʹ.
- Besides this, the authorities evidently realized that the wars of enlightenment, which had then become wars against enlightenment, had left Glupov so exhausted that there was a palpable need for the town to have some respite from wars altogether for a time.
Declension