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Russian
Etymology
ро́б(кий) (rób(kij)) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
ро́бость • (róbostʹ) f inan (genitive ро́бости, uncountable)
- shyness, timidity
1837, Александр Пушкин, “Глава I”, in Египетские ночи; English translation from Thomas Keane, transl., The Egyptian Nights, 1916:В своей одежде он всегда наблюдал самую последнюю моду с робостию и суеверием молодого москвича, в первый раз отроду приехавшего в Петербург.- V svojej odežde on vsegda nabljudal samuju poslednjuju modu s robostiju i sujeverijem molodovo moskviča, v pervyj raz otrodu prijexavševo v Peterburg.
- In his dress he always observed the very latest fashion, with the timidity and superstition of a young Moscovite arriving in St. Petersburg for the first time in his life.
Declension
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singular
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| nominative
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ро́бость
róbostʹ
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| genitive
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ро́бости
róbosti
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| dative
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ро́бости
róbosti
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| accusative
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ро́бость
róbostʹ
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| instrumental
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ро́бостью
róbostʹju
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| prepositional
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ро́бости
róbosti
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