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Belarusian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish cnota.
Pronunciation
Noun
цно́та • (cnóta) f inan (genitive цно́ты, uncountable)
- virtue
- Synonyms: дабрачы́ннасць (dabračýnnascʹ), няві́ннасць (njavínnascʹ)
- Antonym: грэх (hrex)
Declension
Declension of цно́та (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
References
- “цнота” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish cnota (“virtue, chastity, virginity”), from Old Polish czsnota (“virtue, virginity”), from Proto-Slavic *čьstьnota. Doublet of чесно́та (česnóta, “virtue”).
Pronunciation
Noun
цно́та • (cnóta) f inan (genitive цно́ти, uncountable, relational adjective цнотли́вий)
- virtue
- Synonyms: чесно́та (česnóta), доброче́сність (dobročésnistʹ)
- chastity, virginity
- Synonyms: діво́цтво (divóctvo), цнотли́вість (cnotlývistʹ), непоро́чність (neporóčnistʹ), неза́йманість (nezájmanistʹ)
Declension
Declension of цно́та (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
References