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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
By surface analysis, є (je) or єст (jest) + -ство (-stvo), ultimately a calque of Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic ество (estvo) and Ukrainian єство́ (jestvó).
Pronunciation
Noun
єство (jestvo) n
- being, creature
- Synonym: существо (suščestvo)
- живе єство ― žive jestvo ― a living being
- людске єство ― ljudske jestvo ― human being
Declension
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Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “єство”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “being”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 36
Ukrainian
Etymology
Ultimately a calque of Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía). Either a contraction of earlier Old Ruthenian естество (estestvo) or Old Church Slavonic естество (estestvo), compare Old Church Slavonic ество (estvo), or most likely constructed later analogously to these forms: є (je) + -ство (-stvo).
Pronunciation
Noun
єство́ • (jestvó) n inan (genitive єства́, uncountable) (literary, philosophy)
- nature, being, ousia
- Synonyms: приро́да (pryróda), нату́ра (natúra), суть (sutʹ)
- essence, quintessence
- Synonyms: квінтесе́нція (kvinteséncija), суть (sutʹ), су́тність (sútnistʹ)
- living being
Declension
Declension of єство́ (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-b)
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singular
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| nominative
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єство́
jestvó
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| genitive
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єства́
jestvá
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| dative
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єству́
jestvú
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| accusative
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єство́
jestvó
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| instrumental
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єство́м
jestvóm
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| locative
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єстві́
jeství
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| vocative
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єство́
jestvó
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Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “єство”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “єство”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “єство”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “єство”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “єство”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)