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Russian
Etymology
From свире́пый (svirépyj) + -ство (-stvo).
Pronunciation
Noun
свире́пство • (svirépstvo) n inan (genitive свире́пства, nominative plural свире́пства, genitive plural свире́пств)
- (archaic) ferocity, savagery, atrociousness
1862, Алексей Константинович Толстой, “Глава 8. Пир”, in Князь Серебряный; English translation from Prince Serebrenni, (Please provide a date or year):— Поми́луй нас го́споди! Не в де́да он пошё́л, а в ба́тюшку, и не по мла́дости испо́лнено его́ се́рдце свире́пства; не бу́дет нам уте́хи от его́ ца́рствования!- — Pomíluj nas góspodi! Ne v déda on pošól, a v bátjušku, i ne po mládosti ispólneno jevó sérdce svirépstva; ne búdet nam utéxi ot jevó cárstvovanija!
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Declension