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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic съмьрть (sŭmĭrtĭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъmьrtь.
Pronunciation
Noun
смерть • (smertʹ) f inan (genitive сме́рти, nominative plural сме́рти, genitive plural смерте́й, relational adjective смерте́льный or сме́ртный, diminutive сме́ртушка)
- death
- на́ смерть ― ná smertʹ ― deadly; utterly
1850, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “21 марта”, in Дневник лишнего человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Diary of a Superfluous Man, 1899:Ни одно́й мы́сли у меня́ не бы́ло в голове́; я весь отяжеле́л, но чу́вствовал, что со мно́ю соверша́ется что́-то стра́шное… Смерть мне тогда́ загляну́ла в лицо́ и заме́тила меня́…- Ni odnój mýsli u menjá ne býlo v golové; ja vesʹ otjaželél, no čúvstvoval, što so mnóju soveršájetsja štó-to strášnoje… Smertʹ mne togdá zagljanúla v licó i zamétila menjá…
- I had not a single idea in my head; I was utterly numb, but I felt something terrible was happening to me.... Death looked me in the face that day and took note of me.
1904, Леонид Андреев [Leonid Andreyev], “Отрывок шестнадцатый”, in Красный смех; English translation from Alexandra Linden, transl., The Red Laugh, London: T. Fisher, 1905:В атмосфе́ре сме́рти ты нашё́л бы то, к чему́ ве́чно стреми́лся свои́м беспоко́йным, благоро́дным се́рдцем.- V atmosfére smérti ty našól by to, k čemú véčno stremílsja svoím bespokójnym, blagoródnym sérdcem.
- In the atmosphere of death you would have round all that your restless, noble heart yearned for.
- (used emphatically with как) dying for
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Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic съмьрть (sŭmĭrtĭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъmьrtь.
Pronunciation
Noun
смерть • (smertʹ) f inan (genitive сме́рті or сме́рти, nominative plural сме́рті, genitive plural смерте́й)
- death
сме́рть ворогам!- smértʹ voroham!
- Death enemies!
Declension
Declension of смерть (inan 3rd-decl fem-form accent-e)
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