строгость

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strogostь. By surface analysis, стро́гий (strógij) +‎ -ость (-ostʹ)

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Noun

стро́гость (strógostʹf inan (genitive стро́гости, nominative plural стро́гости, genitive plural стро́гостей)

  1. severity, austerity
    • 1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть вторая, VI”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:
      Де́ло Пье́ра с До́лоховым бы́ло замя́то, и, несмотря́ на тогда́шнюю стро́гость госуда́ря в отноше́нии дуэ́лей, ни о́ба проти́вника, ни их секунда́нты не пострада́ли.
      Délo Pʹjéra s Dóloxovym býlo zamjáto, i, nesmotrjá na togdášnjuju strógostʹ gosudárja v otnošénii duélej, ni óba protívnika, ni ix sekundánty ne postradáli.
      The duel between Pierre and Dólokhov was hushed up and, in spite of the Emperor's severity regarding duels at that time, neither the principals nor their seconds suffered for it.
  2. strictness

Declension