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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тръжьство (trŭžĭstvo), from тръгъ (trŭgŭ) + -ьство (-ĭstvo). By surface analysis, торг (torg) + -ество (-estvo).
Pronunciation
Noun
торжество́ • (toržestvó) n inan (genitive торжества́, nominative plural торжества́, genitive plural торже́ств)
- festival, celebration, festivity
- на долгожда́нном торжестве́ ― na dolgoždánnom toržestvé ― at a long-awaited celebration
- triumph, victory
Declension
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “торжество”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “торжество”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 251
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “торжество”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1056