страсть
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страсть
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *strastь, morphologically страдати (stradati, “to suffer”) + -ть (-tĭ).
Noun
страсть • (strastĭ) f
- suffering, anguish, torment
- from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
- книги ѡ родѣ и ѡ страсти свѧтаго кнѧзѧ вѧчеслава
- knigi o rodě i o strasti svętago knęzę vęčeslava
- A book about the family and suffering of the holy prince Wenceslaus
- “ⱄⱅⱃⰰⱄⱅⱐⰿⰻ (leaf 4, line -6)”, in Codex Zographensis (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mt:4:24:
- ꙇ҅ привѣсѧ емꙋ вьсѧ болѧштѧѩ · различьнъꙇми недѫгꙑ · ꙇ҅ страстьми о꙼дръжимꙑ · ꙇ҅ бѣсънꙑѩ · ꙇ҅ мѣсѧчьнꙑѩ зълꙑ недѫгꙑ ꙇ҅мѫштѧ · ꙇ҅ ослабл҄енꙑ жилами · ꙇ҅ ицѣли ѩ ·
- And they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.
- from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
- martyrdom (death as a martyr)
- passion, painfully strong emotion
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | страсть strastĭ |
страсти strasti |
страсти strasti |
| genitive | страсти strasti |
страстью, страстию strastĭju, strastiju |
страстьи, страстии strastĭi, strastii |
| dative | страсти strasti |
страстьма strastĭma |
страстьмъ strastĭmŭ |
| accusative | страсть strastĭ |
страсти strasti |
страсти strasti |
| instrumental | страстьѭ, страстиѭ strastĭjǫ, strastijǫ |
страстьма strastĭma |
страстьми strastĭmi |
| locative | страсти strasti |
страстью, страстию strastĭju, strastiju |
страстьхъ strastĭxŭ |
| vocative | страсти strasti |
страсти strasti |
страстьѥ, страстиѥ strastĭje, strastije |
Derived terms
- беспристрастиѥ (bespristrastije)
- бестрастиѥ (bestrastije)
- бестрастьнъ (bestrastĭnŭ)
- добрострастиѥ (dobrostrastije)
- злострастиѥ (zlostrastije)
- любострастиѥ (ljubostrastije)
- многострастьнъ (mnogostrastĭnŭ)
- острастити (ostrastiti)
- подобострастие (podobostrastije)
- пристрастиѥ (pristrastije)
- пристрастьнъ (pristrastĭnŭ)
- рабострастиѥ (rabostrastije)
- равьнострастьѥ (ravĭnostrastĭje)
- сладострастиѥ (sladostrastije)
- страстованиѥ (strastovanije)
- страстовати (strastovati)
- страстоносьць (strastonosĭcĭ)
- страстотрьпиѥ (strastotrĭpije)
- страстотрьпьць (strastotrĭpĭcĭ)
- страстьникъ (strastĭnikŭ)
- страстьница (strastĭnica)
- страстьнъ (strastĭnŭ)
Related terms
- страданиѥ (stradanije)
References
- Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti, Vienna
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.
Pronunciation
Noun
страсть • (strastʹ) f inan (genitive стра́сти, nominative plural стра́сти, genitive plural страсте́й)
- passion; obsession
- strong love (between people)
- strong obsession with, attraction to some activity
- the subject of someone's passion
- (religion, in the plural) horror; suffering
- стра́сти Христо́вы
- strásti Xristóvy
- Passion
- В "Стра́стях по Иоа́нну" И. С. Ба́ха
- V "Strástjax po Ioánnu" I. S. Báxa
- In J.S. Bach's "St John Passion"
- (in the plural) horror (story)
- Что за стра́сти ты расска́зываешь!
- Što za strásti ty rasskázyvaješʹ!
- Quite a horror story that are you telling me!
Declension
Declension of страсть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)
Related terms
- пристра́стие (pristrástije)
- страстной (strastnoj)
- стра́стность (strástnostʹ)
- стра́стный (strástnyj)
- страстотерпец (strastoterpec)
- страстоцвет (strastocvet)
Adverb
страсть • (strastʹ)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “страсть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.
Pronunciation
Noun
страсть • (strastʹ) f inan (genitive стра́сті or стра́сти, nominative plural стра́сті, genitive plural страсте́й)
- (Christianity, also in the plural) church service during the evening of the Maundy Thursday
- passion (a strong feeling); obsession
- strong love (between people, especially carnal)
- strong obsession with, attraction to some activity
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | страсть strastʹ |
стра́сті strásti |
| genitive | стра́сті, стра́сти strásti, strásty |
страсте́й strastéj |
| dative | стра́сті strásti |
страстя́м strastjám |
| accusative | страсть strastʹ |
стра́сті strásti |
| instrumental | стра́стю strástju |
страстя́ми strastjámy |
| locative | стра́сті strásti |
страстя́х strastjáx |
| vocative | стра́сте stráste |
стра́сті strásti |
Related terms
- стра́сний (strásnyj)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “страсть”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund (2001–2025) “Словники України” online (in Ukrainian)