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Ukrainian
Etymology
From жорсто́кий (žorstókyj) + -ість (-istʹ). Compare Russian жесто́кость (žestókostʹ), Belarusian жо́рсткасць (žórstkascʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
жорсто́кість • (žorstókistʹ) f inan (genitive жорсто́кості or жорсто́кости, uncountable)
- cruelty
- brutality, ferocity, savagery
- Synonym: лю́тість f (ljútistʹ)
Declension
Declension of жорсто́кість (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a і-о)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жорстокість”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “жорстокість”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “жорстокість”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “жорстокість”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “жорстокість”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)