starość

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish starość, from Proto-Slavic *starostь. By surface analysis, stary +‎ -ość.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsta.rɔɕt͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -arɔɕt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: sta‧rość

Noun

starość f

  1. old age
  2. age (latter part of life)
    Antonyms: adolescencja, młodość

Declension

Further reading

  • starość in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • starość in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “starość”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN