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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic рожьство (rožĭstvo), from Proto-Slavic *roďьstvo (“birth; birthday; Christmas”). Compare рожство́ (rožstvó). Doublet of Рождество́ (Roždestvó), a Church Slavic loanword.
Pronunciation
Noun
рожество́ • (rožestvó) n inan (genitive рожества́, nominative plural рожества́, genitive plural роже́ств)
- (dialectal) Christmas
- Synonym: Рождество́ (Roždestvó)
- (dialectal) human face
- (dialectal) a kind of plant
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References
- Сороколетов, Ф. П., editor (2001), “1. рожество́”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 35, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 152
- Сороколетов, Ф. П., editor (2001), “2. рожество́”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 35, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 152
- Сороколетов, Ф. П., editor (2001), “3. рожество́”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 35, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 152