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Ukrainian
Etymology
From слове́сний (slovésnyj) + -ість (-istʹ). Compare Russian слове́сность (slovésnostʹ), Belarusian славе́снасць (slavjésnascʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
слове́сність • (slovésnistʹ) f inan (genitive слове́сності or слове́сности, uncountable)
- (dated) written and verbal culture, literature and folklore
- (dated) philology
- Synonym: філоло́гія f (filolóhija)
Declension
Declension of слове́сність (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a і-о)
See also
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “словесність”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “словесність”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “словесність”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “словесність”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “словесність”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “словесність”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)