starost
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English
Etymology
Noun
starost (plural starosts)
- (historical) A Polish nobleman who possessed a starosty.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
starost f
Declension
Related terms
See also
- radost f
Further reading
- “starost”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “starost”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “starost”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starostь.
Pronunciation
Noun
stȁrōst f (Cyrillic spelling ста̏ро̄ст)
Declension
Declension of starost
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | starost | starosti |
| genitive | starosti | starosti |
| dative | starosti | starostima |
| accusative | starost | starosti |
| vocative | starosti | starosti |
| locative | starosti | starostima |
| instrumental | starošću / starosti | starostima |
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *starostь. Equivalent to stȁr + -ost.
Pronunciation
Noun
stárost or starọ̑st f
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stárost | |
| genitive | stárosti | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
stárost | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
stárosti | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
stárosti | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
stárost | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
stárosti | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
stárostjo | |
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | staróst | |
| genitive | starósti | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
staróst | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
starósti | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
starósti | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
staróst | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
starósti | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
staróstjo | |
Further reading
- “starost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran