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Russian
Etymology
-тель (-telʹ) + -ство (-stvo)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-тельство • (-telʹstvo)
- -ence, -ance, -tion, -ity, -ment, etc. (suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs)
- Synonyms: -ание (-anije), -ение (-enije)
- доказа́ть (dokazátʹ, “to prove”) + -тельство (-telʹstvo) → доказа́тельство (dokazátelʹstvo, “proof”)
- обстоя́ть (obstojátʹ, “to be, to stand, to happen”) + -тельство (-telʹstvo) → обстоя́тельство (obstojátelʹstvo, “circumstance”)
- пра́вить (právitʹ, “to rule, to govern”) + -тельство (-telʹstvo) → прави́тельство (pravítelʹstvo, “government”)
Usage notes
- The stress is drawn onto the preceding syllable.
- Note that some words ending in -тельство may be formed by adding -ство (-stvo) onto a word ending in -тель (-telʹ), instead of directly from a verb, for example председа́тельство (predsedátelʹstvo, “presidency, chairmanship”) from председа́тель (predsedátelʹ, “president, chairman”) (there is no verb *председа́ть).
- Class 5 verbs in -еть change this ending to -и(ть) before adding the suffix.
Declension
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