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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ostь. Cognate with Polish -ość, Russian -ость (-ostʹ) and Ukrainian -ість (-istʹ).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-о́сць • (-óscʹ)
- Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives; -ness, -ity, -dom.
- прыго́жы (pryhóžy) + -осць (-oscʹ) → прыгажо́сць (pryhažóscʹ)
Declension
Declension of -о́сць (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
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