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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic скърбь (skŭrbĭ), from Proto-Slavic *skъrbь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic скръбь (skrŭbĭ), Bulgarian скръб (skrǎb), Serbo-Croatian скрб (“care”).
Pronunciation
Noun
скорбь • (skorbʹ) f inan (genitive ско́рби, nominative plural ско́рби, genitive plural скорбе́й)
- sorrow, grief
1790, Александр Радищев, “София”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:Кто знает голоса русских народных песен, тот признается, что есть в них нечто, скорбь душевную означающее.- Kto znajet golosa russkix narodnyx pesen, tot priznajetsja, što jestʹ v nix nečto, skorbʹ duševnuju označajuščeje.
- He who knows the melodies of Russian folk songs must admit that there is something in them which suggests spiritual sorrow.
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