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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic сѫщьство (sǫštĭstvo).
From същ (sǎšt) + -ество (-estvo).
Pronunciation
Noun
същество́ • (sǎštestvó) n
- creature, being
- essence
Declension
References
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “същ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 706